Posted in science on Mar 28th, 2009 7 Comments »
In order to celebrate Earth Hour this year we turned off all our lights (of course) and then took the opportunity to take a flashlight walk down to the beach. It was a wonderful night! Who could these ghouls be??? You guessed it! Jack-Jack and Squirt were with us this weekend and joined us on [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, JBug on Mar 25th, 2009 11 Comments »
What’s a mom to do? The sun is bright and it’s hot in this beach chair. Not sure I can stand laying here much longer. I think it’s time to call in some relief. Luckily I know just the little girl to call… Oh, water girl!!!! Water girl has a brand new watering can is [...]
Posted in art on Mar 24th, 2009 6 Comments »
Make these faux Mexican tin folk art lizards! The picture really doesn’t do them justice because these things look so much like the real thing! So colorful and fun! With a little time, simple materials, and some paint pens you’ve got a colorful, fun, wall-worthy piece of art! I posted the tutorial on a separate [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 24th, 2009 2 Comments »
That art tutorial is coming up soon! Promise! But in the meantime, happy spring! You Are Chirping Birds You are a very caring person. You especially feel for innocent beings, like animals and children. You are keyed in to the world and very peaceful. You believe that everyone is connected.You remain focused and in the [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, Superboy's projects on Mar 21st, 2009 15 Comments »
Superboy bought himself a cast net yesterday and spent some time today teaching himself how to throw it properly. The idea is to get the net to spread out in the air so it lands in a perfect circle as it hits the water. What seems simple and fairly straight-forward is actually a complex series [...]
Posted in art on Mar 19th, 2009 6 Comments »
Currently working on an art project that is turning out to be fun and fabulous. Superboy says he likes it because it is just the right level of challenging for him. JBug and I are working together on hers. We have been taking it slow over the past few days and will most likely finish [...]
Posted in Florida Keys, nature study on Mar 18th, 2009 8 Comments »
Just as I was starting to get the subarctic ecosystem worked out, we have a whole new set of flora and fauna to learn here in the tropics. Hooray! I love the challenge of learning something new! Now instead of moose families passing through our yard, we often see a flock of about twenty of [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 17th, 2009 9 Comments »
JBug proves there’s more than one way to enjoy sun + water here in the Keys: “Mommy! I’m making rainbows!” Yes, my sweet girl. Mommy thinks you make rainbows every day. Happy tuesday everyone! Go make some rainbows of your own!
Posted in Florida Keys on Mar 15th, 2009 6 Comments »
We finally got to meet up with our long-time, long-distance friends, the wonderful Jennifer, Hal, and Marianna of S/V Mari Hal-O-Jen fame! Yay! We have been planning to get together for so long, so what has been holding us back? Dilemma:Us at the top of the Keys, and them at the bottom. Solution: meet in [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Mar 8th, 2009 28 Comments »
Tell me, do you think there is still enough time to do a totally handmade, plastic- and battery-free, no Chinese products Easter??? Help me out here, because I suddenly realized that I want to extend our all-natural Christmas gift-giving tradition to Easter. I’d love for the children to wake up Easter morning to baskets that [...]
