Birthday Boy

    

 

Happy Birthday, J! I can't believe he's 12 (and one inch shorter than me!) I love my curious, funny, computer nerd, Lego-building, animal-loving kid. This, this, this and this are some of his loves.

 

 

For my boys

For my two free-spirited boys. XO

Summer Reading And Learning

 

 ~My Reading:
The Language of Flowers
Wild Trees
Anthill
The Painted Drum
The Shoemaker's Wife
Finding Beauty in a Broken World
Gilead
Wanderlust
The Dovekeepers
Bird by Bird
Writing Down the Bones
Taproot magazine
Whole Living magazine          
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~Family Reading:
Old Mother West Wind
Favorite Greek Myths
Woody, Hazel and Little Pip
If I Were a Bird
My Father Doesn't Know About the Woods and Me
I Was Born in a Tree and Raised by Bees
Crinkleroot's Guide to Walking in Wild Places
Katya's Book of Mushrooms
The Elves' Big Adventure
Dirt Boy
The Kids Book of the Night Sky
All In A Day
Eyewitness books
Audubon field guides
Lego magazine
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Favorite games

                                                
~Family Learning:
Sparkle Stories
Meteor shower
Constellations
Clouds
Bug ID
Water and mud play
Frogs and toads
Baking pretzels
Card and Board Games
Raft-building
Legos
Car mechanics
Stream invertebrates
Birds
Mushroom prints and harvest
Drawing
Hikes
Herbal medicine-making
the Beach and Ocean
Pirates
Ships
World War II
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A tiny inchworm ( I couldn't seem to get a good pic of him)



C studying stream invertebrates at 4 -H

J learning car mechanics and safety at 4-H

I have been involved with a couple of swaps, thanks to Mary and V. Looking forward to my packages being received by my lovely swap partners, and to seeing what I receive (from California and Finland)! And V just opened another swap!

Adieu, Summer



Oh summer, we will miss you. We will miss the bright green foliage, now beginning to fade to golden hues; the life-filled flowers and plants now withered and brittle; berry-stained lips, frog-song symphonies; fresh flowers on the table; not-so-small-anymore water sprites; the bare feet in the soil; the joy-filled vacations. Until next year, we bid you adieu!


...Pleasant summer over

And all the summer flowers,

The red fire blazes,

The grey smoke towers.

 

Sing a song of seasons!

Something bright in all!

Flowers in the summer,

Fires in the fall!

 

~Robert Louis Stevenson

Being and Becoming

Cannot wait to see this!

The Art of Enjoyment (aka Hanging Loose)

A little midweek enjoyment:
~mamascout: poetry bombing the alley and Keri Smith's post on being a guerilla artist
 (I've read it several times!)
 ~Herbal Roots Zine: Prunella & Sweet Birch elixir and I'm A Medicine Woman, Too giveaway
~Alabama Shakes: Hang Loose

We spent the day picking up our new car and running errands. After getting home, we all are hanging loose. Hope you all are having a peaceful week. XO

Thrifted

More reading...and I also found a beautiful sweater.