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God’s Wonderful World

Fairy Ring of Mushrooms

    On our front lawn we had a huge fairy ring of mushrooms.  They start off as white buttons and then grow huge, flatten out, and turn brown.  This is the story of how we tried to identify them and failed… at least once. According to my little Golden Guidebook to Non-Flowering Plants, they could […]

This Week at Home: Frost, Salsa, and the National Parks

Well, this week we had frost, made salsa, and ‘visited’ some national parks.  On top of that, we hiked along (and in) the river, discovered a skunk visiting the chickens, started judo, and roasted wieners and marshmallows in the rain.  The children did some formal schoolwork too, of course, and are progressing well, but the […]

Green Dragon

A spike full of tiny, bright orange berries caught my eye some time ago when I was walking through a soggy area of our woods.  Each time I went, I forgot to take my camera along, and this week all the orange berries had fallen off.  Then we went for a hike in the Gatineau region […]

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 […]

Holiday Highlights: Tame Fish, Wild Blackberries, and a Frog Rescue

This week was full of highlights:  Miss 12 and Miss 10 each worked on Miss 17’s dairy farm for a day and hugely enjoyed cleaning the calf barn, as well as being spoiled by their older sister. We all worked together to make 14 quarts of pickled beans.  Miss 17 did the actual pickling, and […]