Monthly Archives Aug 2008
Last day of August
August 31, 2008
You'll notice I did not title this post Last Day of Summer. In our homeschooling household summer doesn't end till the autumnal equinox. Doesn't mean we're not shifting gears, we are. But when the day feels like summer we live summer. Whereas we usually head to the mountains on the ...
Book Give Away
August 29, 2008
I'm simplifying my life of clutter, unfinished projects (mostly sewing some-days) and just stuff. Ah... gotta love that feeling. I want to give away these 2 books to someone who would appreciate them. They are wonderful books but I'm done with them and I need to make space on my ...
Who Does She Think She Is?
August 28, 2008
Well, the camera arrived yesterday. I won't bore you with all the specifications and functions, I barely understand most of it myself. I feel slightly embarrassed owning a piece of such beautiful engineering. I mean, this thing is worth more than our car. Yipes! Keep in mind of course our ...
(this week's) top three reasons we homeschool
August 27, 2008
No doubt there's as many reasons to homeschool as there are days in the year. Today, kids in our town started school a full 3 days before labor day weekend (seems wrong to me). Three days, three reasons for homeschooling. 1. We'd rather go to the beach on the nicest ...
Raising Monarchs
August 26, 2008
Every late summer the kids and I raise monarch larvae (caterpillars) into butterflies. Monarch larvae eat only milkweed so if it's a good monarch year they are easy to find and easy to feed. We find them as minute eggs or fingernail sized caterpillars at the farm and house them ...
Roasted Garden Tomato Soup
August 25, 2008
August Juliet Tomatoes Maybe it was the week in the woods or more simply the fact that I came home to 10 lbs of ripe tomatoes on the vine (nothing's more gorgeous my friend), but I was inspired to get a little gourmet tonight. For supper I handcrafted roasted garden ...
More camp photos
August 25, 2008
I should be doing laundry right now but I'm still in vacation mode, very relaxed and taking it easy on a Monday morning - nice. Suppose I should try to get motivated to do... something.
I'm on my way from misery to happiness
August 24, 2008
(anyone remember the proclaimers song "i'm on my wey from misery to happiness todaey, uh huh, uh huh", man I love that song) Somewhere up the Aziscohos mountain trail, or maybe looking out over Mooselookmegunticook or Umbagog Lake (I am not making these names up) I lost the self-pity, intense ...
Les Miserables
August 19, 2008
Wrote this post, journal style, 3 days ago on our first day of vacation. Today we have wi-fi access at our campground, in the Maine woods no less. Don't despair, subsequent days improved... Miserable, am I allowed to feel this way when camping? What about selfish? Miserable and selfish, and ...
Belly Dancer
August 16, 2008
Went to the Great Falls Balloon Festival this evening with the kids. Couldn't get any good shots of balloons, need a better camera for that, but I did have fun taking pictures of the belly dancers.
Hosting Hikers and Fellow Pilgrims
August 14, 2008
We're all on a journey, a trek through life. Too bad more people don't live by the creed, "travelers on this journey of life take care of fellow travelers". What a nicer world that would be.
Earth Expedition comes to Maine
August 11, 2008
Ack! I haven't blogged for 3 days. I'm starting to twitch. It's been a busy weekend. The sun shone (hallelujah!) and once the flood waters in the backyard receded I tried to rescue the beans and staked leggy perennials. We had a supper around the firepit with friends and watched ...
of Beans and Rain
August 8, 2008
Too much rain, too much beans (a blessing I suppose), too little sun and never enough fresh tomatoes. That about sums up the first week of August.
Stocking the Larder Locally is for Everyone
August 7, 2008
Local foods should be affordable for everyone. It's wonderful to be a part of a community organization with this focus.
Blueberries for Brienne
August 7, 2008
Picked pounds of blueberries (hadn't planned to but how could we resist all those berries) on a hike with friends up Bald Mountain this weekend. Read Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey tonight to the kids. I love Maine. var addthis_pub="rtougas";
Beet Juice Painting
August 6, 2008
I steamed farm beets for supper last week (a vegetable I'm learning to love) and saved the "juice" left in the bottom of the pan. I stored the juice, about 2/3 cup, in a glass jar in the fridge and pulled it out yesterday for the kids to paint with. ...
Favorite blogs of the day
August 6, 2008
Today I really enjoyed reading these posts. One by a personal friend on Fear and Possibility. And another on the Me Ra Koh photography blog on art as an act of faith. Funny, just noticed the common thread in these two very different blog posts - having faith. kid's beet ...
Going wordless
August 4, 2008
I'm taking a blogging writing break. To catch up on some stuff I want to do, like reading and digesting my favorite photography blogs and maybe finishing the book I'm reading. And to work on some other stuff I need to do, like learning how to stick to a set ...
Introducing Playful Learning
August 4, 2008
I'm very pleased to share a web resource I recently stumbled on via a comment left on my blog. Playful Learning is a website with blog posts that feature "simple, playful learning experiences that parents can easily share with their children". I personally like the simple part. Discovering this website/blog ...
Circus Sea Lion Stuffie
August 2, 2008
Celine recently sewed this adorable circus sea lion. Here is the pattern. To print, click on the picture, then chose Original. Drag that to your desktop and print from there. I have a Mac and this works for me. If it doesn't work for you get a Mac (seriously they ...
I Am an Artist Book Review
August 1, 2008
I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins An easy to read (2-3 sentences per page) and simply lovely book about the artist in each of us. Although it's directed towards young children and their innate curiosity and interest in the natural world, I think more adults should read this ...
