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Beekeeping

Mr. 15 and the Bee Man have been busy all summer, caring for bees and expanding hives.  In fact, they expanded the hives so much that there is only enough honey for the bees this winter, with none to spare for us. That is a bit of a disappointment, but the Bee Man surprised us […]

Homeschool Highlights

Although we’re officially ‘doing school’ now, this week’s highlights are, as usual, more about life than formal learning.  Highlights One highlight was the church picnic in the rain.  While adults bundled up in coats almost thick enough for winter, the little children swam.  They said the water was warmer than the air! We took the […]

Holiday Highlights, Weeks 9 and 10

I can hardly believe that we’ve finished our summer holidays!  After a cooler week, we had a week of hot, hot weather and spent hours in the pool.  More and more garden produce is ripening and I’m not keeping up with it very well.  But we’ve been enjoying company, having a touristy time, and drinking […]

Fit Mommy Friday

    This week was crazy busy, but I walked about 7500 steps a day on average, only a bit lower than my goal.  The physiotherapist’s exercises, well, those got done only half of the time.  Today I was assigned some core strengthening exercises that take a phenomenal amount of concentration to do right.  I have […]

TWT: Broccoli Soup (Gluten-free)

helping each other be good stewards of all our resources: money, possessions, time, energy, and health Every year we plant a double 30 foot row of broccoli in the garden.  My husband loves broccoli, and the rest of us don’t mind it.  My favorite way of eating it, besides peeling and nibbling the stalks raw, […]