Monthly Archives May 2009
May is...
May 31, 2009
Blossoms: Apples, cherries, plum trees too. Everything blossoming is pink, purple or blue. (Rhyming is fun) School break: Who are we kidding, we haven't even attempted anything "sit-down schoolish" since the beginning of April. Although I have to say my son has elevated pond study to scientific discipline in and ...
Playing with Clay
May 29, 2009
One month ago, almost to the day, I took the kids to a local potter's studio to have an afternoon of clay play. Of course it's taken me 4 weeks (gasp) to get around to the photos from that day, delete most and select a few to share here. It ...
The Boy Who Drew Birds and everything else
May 29, 2009
I have one of those boys. A child who draws morning, noon and night - at home or while camping! He wakes up and draws and is often drawing when we tell him it truly is "time to turn out the light". Maybe it was for that reason that we ...
Canadian Girl meet American Girl
May 27, 2009
My first born celebrated her 10th birthday last week. The actual day was Friday, the same day we were leaving home and setting up camp for the weekend. In anticipation of this we planned a little pool party with friends for earlier in the week. Celine also was given her ...
Our weekend camping and summer arrives
May 26, 2009
Our first camping trip of the season on Memorial Day weekend always seems to kick off summer. This weekend we swam (well the kids did - have you noticed kids aren't the least bit affected by cold water), climbed mountains, slept under the stars (in the tent), ate every meal ...
Bergenia and finding my photographer's voice
May 23, 2009
My bergenia is gone by now but a couple weeks ago it looked like this. The days before I took these photos I was asking myself philosophical questions like "what is my photographic vision" and "what makes me tick as a photographer". It was bothering me that I didn't have ...
Going Camping!
May 22, 2009
I'm writing this at 10:30 pm on Thursday night. Usually I'm tucked into my bed by now but not tonight. We've just finished packing and although I'm tired I just wanted to sign off here for the weekend. The day was downright hot, too hot for May in Maine, and ...
Orange Blossom Special
May 21, 2009
Introducing Orange Blossom Special created with essential oils of lavender, orange and clove, with the addition of calendula blossoms.
Yellow, white and pink all over ~ a new duvet cover
May 20, 2009
dandelions: as seen floating in our backyard "pond" Everything is in bloom right now and I'm heady with blossom happiness. This is the perfect time for a new spring & summer duvet cover that celebrates the beauty of this season. apple blossom: at the farm For some time I've wanted ...
Salads: what we eat for lunch
May 19, 2009
How we came to eat meal-sized salads for lunch and our favorite salad recipe.
Sweet Stuff mid spring
May 18, 2009
We're celebrating a sweet someone's birthday this Monday, a few days early because of a camping trip that coincides with the real "birth" day. Hope this finds you enjoying the sweetness of May. Posts I find inspiring, informative, encouraging or just plain pretty. Mama Speak Impossible Things & Breakfast A ...
I love making soap
May 16, 2009
This morning I finished my second batch of soap this week, a first for me. Up to this point I've only made one batch every 3-4 months and that is sufficient for our own supply and some to give away or sell cheap to my mom. But this summer I'm ...
a little longer while I detox
May 16, 2009
You'll all have to wait a little longer for that much anticipated salad post because I was just too tired today to finish it. You see I'm weaning myself off my afternoon cup of black tea. I didn't realize how much of hit it gave me, it's just tea after ...
salad coming up and a book to read
May 15, 2009
Coming up very soon, hopefully tomorrow, is a post on salad. "Ohh... ahh...", you're all saying. Hey, salads are healthy & salads are fun - really. I've been reading the book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder while munching my lunchtime salads and you can ...
A pretty corner of my home (& an easy how-to)
May 13, 2009
This weekend I finally took down the last Christmas decoration. No wait, I still have gold stars on the tiffany fixture but those don't look explicitly Christmasy. The red, white and green quilted applique wall hanging, with "Welcome" written on a scene with a sled pulling cut evergreens, stayed well ...
Rainy Day Science
May 12, 2009
We had a couple rainy days last week. Time to pull out the big "educational" guns. An old printer that stopped working earlier this year and that Damien (secretly) stashed for such a time as this - rainy days & restless kiddos stuck indoors. The taking apart continues still and ...
Mother's Day weekend - the photos
May 11, 2009
I just wrote a 6 paragraph (I think) post on the wonderfulness of this weekend. By accident I clicked "something" and lost everything I wrote. Oh my goodness that frustrates me. So what was going to be a post with photos and words is now just a post with photos. ...
Gluten Free Pancakes
May 9, 2009
Three-in-one recipe: gluten-free baking mix, corn-free baking powder and a pancake recipe!
My girl, she dances
May 7, 2009
I've spent the last half hour (I have a one hour "mama's writing time" after lunch) trying to craft the words to this post, but the words just aren't coming. at the buffet table So here it is. I took these photos a couple months ago of my daughter at ...
I cook therefore I am ~ Kitchen series introduction
May 7, 2009
Generally, I don't write a lot about food on my blog but I'm going to explore the topic in a series.
Handicraft and genius
May 6, 2009
I knew I was onto something by letting my children play, crochet, knit, paint, sculpt, dance, sing, and draw instead of teaching them math. {video here if viewed in reader} Ok, that's not totally true. I do sometimes teach them math but the time spent playing and creating far outweighs ...
A better May day
May 5, 2009
Today was a day of home & hearth, I: got up at 6:30, read my RSS, e-mail, enjoyed my morning coffee and was done on the computer before the kids were up at 7:30 read the Bible with the kiddos, listened to Gershwin tunes played on a svelte clarinet while ...
Recommendations for the beginner herbalist
May 4, 2009
Bug bites, cuts, scrapes, bleeding from minor skin wounds - these are things I know how to treat with topical herb preparations and I'd like to share a few of my favorite resources with you.
May Day
May 2, 2009
May Day. I wish it was a day dancing around the maypole, braiding colorful ribbons. Instead I spent the wet & overcast morning removing the 1930's original wallpaper from the girl's bedroom. And this afternoon we had to make a follow up visit to the dentist to fix Brienne's new ...
