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Worth every minute

4/29/2015

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"...something definite remains with a child after his studies.
We cannot measure the influence that one or another artist has upon the child's sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sights of life; he is enriched more than we know in having really looked at even a single picture."
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I've said it before and I'll say it again,
an art museum through the eyes of a child (age 7 or 3)  is just so. much. fun.
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Sunny Days

4/18/2015

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MOM TIME!!! Squeeze it in!
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Using up the frozen rhubarb and attempting recipes with oat flour
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Little Toot is a current favorite bedtime story (by Hardie Gramatky)
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a very high birthday surprise picnic
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captivated by a Northern Flicker
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"Oh, good mother, to whom is entrusted the rearing of a very tender plant, take heed what you teach,
and foster in it, above all other virtues, the charity which 'hopeth all things'
and then can both believe and endure."

Parables of Nature-  Red Snow

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first violets
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Preparing a guest room
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getting a start on the kitchen garden, hunting worms for fishing, and serious Tonka hauling while mom divides perennials. I think this is what was meant by 'Masterly Inactivity'
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3 ways to capture a sunset
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Unfolding

4/12/2015

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New leaves always unfold to take the place of the old,
but these that withered never lived again,
they became fertilizer for other plants.
-Hans Christian Andersen

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on a windy afternoon
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morning clouds!
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another wet afternoon
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sunlit evening
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weekend planting
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Emile was silent but her ears listened and her eyes sparkled.

She was like the drop of dew that falls on a thirsting plant.


Hans Christian Andersen

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Smell the Rain

4/2/2015

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We could smell it on its way in.
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Easter planting
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We didn't realize pussy willows 'bloomed' yellow!
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my kids love dismantling old electronics
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snack and story time
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    Welcome!

    "I am recording this so that future generations will also praise the Lord for all He has done."            -Psalm 102:18

    I am a mama to 2 sweet brothers who aspires to a "thinking love" toward my children.  

    Take a peek into our  journey towards a living education inspired by the writings of Charlotte Mason.

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    "In this field small efforts are honoured with great rewards, and we perceive that the education we are giving exceeds all that we intended or imagined.”  
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