Informative Reviews for Homeschooling Moms…and a slice of our life as well
Surrounded by our plant and tree guide books, Miss 10 sits at the table, half hidden by my 24th anniversary roses. She’s working on her final botany project: making her own guidebook of some of the trees and plants on our property. Then she will be finished an entire year of Exploring Creation with Botany [...]
No photography, no eating, no drinking, and no swearing. That notice was posted throughout the Whales Tohora exhibit which included skeletons of stranded whales donated by the Maori of New Zealand. The Maori had requested that, in keeping with their spiritual practices, there would be no photography or swearing in the exhibition. I had not ever [...]
We’re halfway through the summer, and rather than moan about it, we’ll celebrate by sharing a few highlights of the past weeks. I’ve got all sorts of beautiful, cute, and funny pictures of the kids, but since my husband doesn’t want any of our pictures online, I can’t share them. That’s too bad, but I [...]
Over a dozen Red Admiral butterflies, as well as Tortoise Shell butterflies, honey bees, and bumblebees were drinking nectar from the blossoms of our Manchurian apricot tree. The entire tree was buzzing and fluttering. What an incredible world our God has made! For more photos of winged creatures, visit Nature Footsteps Winged, and for more [...]
When my parents were here, we took them to a sugar bush where maple sap is collected and syrup is made. This is a modern operation, full of pipes, vacuum pumps, test plots, and interesting innovations. Of course, the traditional way of collecting sap is also interesting. This is how they used to do it. Rather than [...]
For our nature study this term, we’re focussing on birds. This ties in well with the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, from Feb 17-20, 2012. It’s a simple nature/science project that will open your eyes to the birds around you this winter and will also contribute to North American bird knowledge. All you [...]
When you find something beautiful or interesting on your nature walks, what do you do with it? We put it in our museum. We have cones, seed pods, dried ferns, and a shelf fungus (bottom center). The bird corner includes old nests as well as feathers. We’ve discovered that blue jay feathers lose their blue [...]
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