What do 12 days of Christmas mean? Would you really want all those gifts of birds? Honestly, after just one partridge and two turtle doves, I’d be wishing for something besides birds! However, the song then indicates you’ll receive three calling birds and four french hens! 🙄 Finally, you get five golden rings and think Thank goodness! No more birds! However, next are six geese and seven swans!
Continue reading →The last two weeks have given us amazing night skies. First, the Northern lights were visible as far south as Alabama. The following week a meteor, (Tsuchinshan-ALTA) was visible just after sunset in the western sky near the horizon. Have … Continue reading →
When we encourage our children to write cards are we encouraging budding authors? Our yards, parks, and trails are filled with flowers and insects. As I went through my emails today, I saw a homeschool site encouraging children to learn … Continue reading →
My granddaughter was VERY afraid of bees when she was about 3. We took her on her first camping trip and the first thing she saw was a bee fly under the canopy straight at her. Of course, she panicked … Continue reading →
Exploring nature is a first love for me. As a child, I caught crawfish from our creek. I made “toady-frog houses” in my sandbox. Later I hunted and fished with my dad. The memories of these happy times in creation … Continue reading →
I’m going through seed packets I may or may not have had for years, trying to decide if I risk planting them or just tossing them. Maybe I’ll just stick them back in the drawer and think of how to … Continue reading →
