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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap-Up: Nature, Learning, and Books

In my life these weeks… Spring, gardening, walks, playing in the ice cold river, wild flowers, a March for Life, and more.  It has been a busy time, but we’ve enjoyed so much.  We even visited an organic farm that had cows, sheep, and goats with bells on! In our homeschool … Mr. 18 is […]

Weekly Wrap Up: Spring, Studies, and Books

  In my life this week… Finally, finally spring is here.  The grass is green, Miss 12 brought me the first dandelion, and our forsythia is almost blooming.  We started neatening up the gardens and the flower beds and spent as much time as possible outside.   It was so warm that we only lit the […]

Two Week Wrap Up

In my life these two weeks… We’ve had snow and ice, and we’ve had summer weather.  The crocuses are blooming, finally, but they are not crawling with bees because our bees did not survive the winter.  That does not bode well for the garden and orchard this year—no bees, no fruit.  But, since it’s snowing […]

Weekly Wrap Up: Course Tweak, Lots of Books, and a Trifle

In my life this week… We enjoyed another busy but relatively peaceful week.  We did a lot of school work, visited with friends and family, ordered glasses for one of the girls, and started our spring cleaning. On the health front: We do feel better after eliminating the water cooler.  Imagine! So if you have […]

Three Week Wrap Up: Water Cooler Problems and Lots of School Work

In my life these three weeks… That huge to do list I had for March has kept me too busy to write weekly wrap-ups, but a lot has been happening around here.  We’ve had snow, and now it’s spring.  We’re able to sit in our verandah again rather than just using it to store snow […]