Nature

Western Bluebirds

Male Western Bluebird Female Western Bluebird

Signs of Spring in My Yard

Wild daisy Columbine Lilac

We have two hives of bees that Michael keeps for fun. Sadly, we lost the older hive of bees. Not sure what happened. Maybe the dreaded Colony Collaspe Disorder, or maybe something just went awry. There weren’t a bunch of dead bees, they were just gone. Fortunately, it’s early enough in the season to order [...]

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A Winter Wonderland

I’m so thankful for all the firewood Michael cut to keep us warm this winter. I don’t think there’s anything cozier than snow outside and a fire in the fireplace. If you look closely at that snow pile, you’ll see it’s really a snow fort. Each child has their own, at least until a sunny [...]

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Honey Harvest

Hubby had a desire to start a beehive in Spring of 2007. This is our second harvest year. We got lots more this year than last…34 lbs. in all! It’s so neat to think that our bees produced this honey! We don’t have all the equipment for doing it, but the friend who got us [...]

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Pictures from our day at Grandma’s

Grandma’s delightful little garden area The nice rooster The girls holding the girls Building block towers on the shady porch

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One more gardener in Heaven

Our homeschool group visited the nursing home today. We try to do something there at least once every few months. This time we were planting flowers…the children and the elderly working side by side. Eventide (my 8 year old) and Hazel worked on this pot of petunias. Hazel dug in the dirt enthusiastically. She was [...]

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It’s been an in-touch-with-nature kind of day

I should have known that our day would have a bent toward enjoying nature. This morning BlueMoon and I noticed that the bird baths were empty, so we took jugs of water to fill them up and talk about the birds that would be happy. “What a lovely way to start the day,” I thought. [...]

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