Monthly Archives Sep 2009
Autumn's flowers
September 30, 2009
We have a couple friends in the hospital. After a bowl of three sisters soup (pumpkin, green beans, kidney beans) for supper we're driving down to Portland, where they both are, to visit them this evening. So this morning I went out to harvest what I could find still blooming ...
How to Make Lotion ~ A Photo Tutorial
September 29, 2009
I usually make my soap and body care products after supper, when all my other work of the day is done, which means I don't take photos of the process. Photographing under fluorescent kitchen lighting is just nasty. But today since I had natural light I thought I'd share it ...
Common Ground Fair does not disappoint
September 28, 2009
I'm filled up with Maine organic goodness. I'm overflowing with contentment, photos and memories from our weekend at the Common Ground Country Fair.
Off to Common Ground Fair!
September 24, 2009
I feel like a kid on the eve of her birthday. Tomorrow is the first day of the Common Ground Country Fair. A highlight of my year. We leave as soon as I finish this post or Damien gets out of the shower, let's hope I'm done before he is! ...
Is it really Fall? I'm too busy thinking to notice
September 22, 2009
I'm in disbelief that it's the first day of fall. Where did summer go? My mind and daily routine has been so focused on homechooling for the last couple weeks that I haven't been able to fully appreciate apple picking, fuzzy sweaters & socks, pots of soup, bugs and butterflies ...
they grow up too fast
September 21, 2009
We all say it because we know it to be true. Even through those difficult stages; the colicky baby boy, the strong willed toddler (she's still strong willed and always will be but it's not quite so exhausting anymore) and the growing pains of independence. Our mama hearts know the ...
Sunday night thoughts about hiking and marriage
September 21, 2009
I am beginning to love this part of who we are and who I am becoming.
Thursdays at the farm
September 18, 2009
There are only 4 more summer share pick-up days at our farm. Then we wait a whole month till mid November for the start of the once a month winter share of root crops and occasional greenhouse greens. So I plan to really enjoy this next month. Since drawing lessons ...
New Art Supplies and Drawing with Children
September 17, 2009
New Art Supplies I'm excited to share with you the most recent additions to our homeschool art supplies, which we are building up slowly bit by bit (as with everything in our lives). Last year's start-of-the-school-year purchases were Prismacolor markers, colored pencils, watercolor colored pencils, artstix and pastels. By far ...
Graduation Goals and a Long Term Vision
September 15, 2009
So last week, on a night after everyone was in bed and all I could hear was the crickets outside I wrote out graduation goals for our kiddos. Later in the week I came across learning objectives I have written in years past and although not much has changed the ...
The late summer transition to fall
September 14, 2009
a repeat photo from last September It's done. Last Friday afternoon I finished our fall family schedule. It's taken a couple weeks to mull over our learning goals and figure out how to fit in a dance lesson for Brienne, a (free) shared Karate lesson for all three kids and ...
A sudsy co-operative dream
September 11, 2009
soap oils A funny thing happened today when I was cleaning up from this week's soap making. Instead of throwing out the plastic that I use to line my wooden soap molds (for the longest time I re-used cardboard boxes until Damien built me molds when I decided to standardize ...
September in my kitchen
September 10, 2009
I'm up to my eyeballs these days in school planning and organization. It's that time of year when we bring the learning indoors a bit more. The kids are definitely ready for the change. It's time. I gave up my writing time this afternoon to spend an extra hour at ...
Labor Day photography at Reid State Park
September 9, 2009
Our fun in the sun and surf... We came to this same beach last year at this time. My camera was brand new and every photo I took was a delight. This time around was just as fun playing with my new polarizer. It's the "magic" that helps me photograph ...
the young 'uns
September 8, 2009
It seems I've written more frequently about Celine and her pursuits and learning endeavors these past couple months. I feel like my younger two have been under-represented. Can't have that happening now, can we (smile)? Today's too busy with school planning (posts on that process coming soon), a trip to ...
Blog maintenance ~ check it out
September 6, 2009
I'm in the garden this gorgeous Sunday morning and this afternoon I will be back to my regular post, in the kitchen preparing farm fresh soup for unChurch tonight and picnic lunch for tomorrow's trip to the ocean. Maintenance work, but so very enjoyable on this sunny September day. Last ...
The rest of the weekend backpacking story
September 5, 2009
Today is the Saturday of a mostly at-home Labor Day weekend for our family. Monday will be a late summer day trip to the ocean to frolic in the chilly north Atlantic surf, read a little, maybe knit, picnic, walk the beach and climb rocks. Perfect if you ask me. ...
Project learning ~ Bedrooms and Dollhouses (& Pond building too)
September 4, 2009
During the craziness of last month I alluded to getting Celine started on a project. I also briefly mentioned the perhaps projects are our home education modus operandi. I'm not sure I'm ready to hang my hat totally on that idea but my kiddos sure do learn an awful lot ...
The sunflowers of late summer
September 2, 2009
Late summer is all about sunflowers - don't you think? It's also about transitions and shifting to new routines. So although these first days of September are blue sky beautiful, the type of weather so lovely it's almost dreamy, daily home life have been somewhat tumultuous. Coming down from the ...
Simple living myths
September 1, 2009
I feel almost like a fraud writing about the simple life. These last two months have been very hectic due to circumstances we had not planned and I've been living life at the edge of chaos. Granted my edge is probably different from most and even at the point of ...
