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God’s Wonderful World

Party Pictures

On a beautiful Thursday, we had a party.  Miss 18 concocted this delicious fruit punch.  I think I had 6 glasses full, it was so good! We had some special snacks….  Apparently the asparagus roll-ups look like little babies in blankets.  The other ones were pickles; not everyone likes asparagus. Our gardens were beautiful that day. […]

Mama and Aunties to the Rescue

What happens when a baby elephant slips into the water hole?

Nature Study

I’ve always wanted my children to do nature study. They spend a lot of time outside; are familiar with flowers, trees, and weeds; know about different kinds of butterflies and birds; watch clouds and even predict the weather; and notice all sorts of things in woods and streams. But it never seems like real nature […]

Rideau Trail Walk #4

  Each week it takes a lot of juggling and effort to get out to the Rideau Trail and walk the next section, but it’s always so wonderful once we get there! This week we walked about 5 km, mostly along a hardly used road allowance between fields.  There were deep ruts of slippery wet […]

Everyday Life and Two Nature Walks

Wow, what a week!  We did bookwork, quite a lot of it in fact, as well as a lot of other things. Mr. 15 had a friend over for two days.  This young man does computer learning, so he was busy with his laptop all morning.  No mess, no books, no answer keys, no fuss.  […]