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God’s Wonderful World

Miss 10’s Year Studying Fulbright’s Botany

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 […]

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 […]

The Fig Tree and the Raspberry Bush

Jesus told about an unproductive fig tree: …he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for […]

Whales Tohora: Thoughts about Whales and Ultimate Reality

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 […]

Halfway Through the Summer: Some Highlights

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 […]