Today was so brilliant! It was decidedly sunny and that sun felt so good. The kids and I spent nearly all day outside. We started out there this morning with songs and times tables, and after a quick trip inside to do some writing, we happily returned out of doors for picnics and stories and [...]
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Looking for spring
Posted in changes, children, family, farm, farming, nature, spring, tagged family, farming, homeschooling, nature study, spring on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The first seeds are sown!
Posted in changes, cycles, farm, farming, nature, spring, winter, tagged farming, nature, seasons, spring, winter on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Somewhere deep inside of us all, the cycles of the seasons live. I know for our own little family, living here on the farm has awakened our own awareness of this quite a bit. But I believe that for all of us, our bodies and minds and our actions and energies participate in the cycle [...]
Golden, Brown, and Green
Posted in challenges, cycles, duality, gratitude, nature, thanksgiving, tagged autumn, gratitude, seasons on November 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
All around the farm, the golden brown of autumn surrounds us. Summer plants have died and are in various states of decay, the leaves are well on their way, shouting out in bright yellow before falling quiety to the ground. Always on this farm, we live up close and personal with this cycle–the cycle of [...]
Our escape
Posted in challenges, children, family, farming, gratitude, home, nature, summer, tagged family, gratitude, mother, summer on August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes, the best way to turn it all around is this. I hate that the stress of a challenging farming year can spill over into our family lives, but it does,and that’s just the thing about stress…it doesn’t know when to close the door itself unless we manage to muster the strength and shut it ourselves. [...]
Blooming
Posted in changes, family, farm, farming, nature, spring, Uncategorized, tagged farming, seasons, spring on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Spring, in earnest anyways, has been late coming this year. There have been a few subtle shifts to let us know that March 20th did in fact come and start a new season–the days are longer, the frogs and birds louder and more lively. It has even, admittedly, been a wee bit warmer; but for [...]
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