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A Beautiful Day

September 6, 2010

We recently acquired a little video camera. We took it on our hike last weekend and Damien posted a video of that trip to our Adventure blog. It's a great video. Check it out if you want to see our family in action. Eating farm melon on a mountaintop Here's ...

The Birds and the Bees

September 4, 2010

My backyard sunflowers are simply glorious this summer. They were all "volunteers". Having originated from seeds of last year's sunflowers they germinated early in the spring and because of their healthy head start have grown to enormous heights. When I found the little sunflower seedlings in April and May popping ...

Critters in my Garden

September 2, 2010

It has been ridiculously hot this week. In the 90s and humid. Yesterday afternoon we went swimming but the other days I've been working to get life in order for the new season. Organizing for the school year and wrapping up my buying club commitments along with my usual daily ...

Reflections on August

September 1, 2010

I don't usually look back over a past month and spend much time reflecting. I'm fairly forward thinking and like to look ahead more than over my shoulder. But as we move through the days of late summer, shifting gears to prepare for fall, I feel the need to make ...

A Maine Camp Experience

August 28, 2010

For the eight years we've lived in Maine we've heard about "camps". These are, most often, small and rather rustic vacation cottages that dot the shores of Maine's many beautiful ponds and lakes. Where we grew up there were few nice fresh water lakes and no one I knew had ...

Not Back to Homeschool (yet) and Easy Chemistry

August 26, 2010

I always feel a bit out of step with the schooling/homeschooling world this time of year. The buzz, even in homeschooling circles, is back-to-school. And my mind is just not in that space this time of year. Like I've written earlier, this is our first year of summer homeschool. But ...