When you hear children talking about games, you can usually expect it is something indoor and played on an electronic screen. But some kids will still play simple outdoor games when you give them the opportunity and let them be. Like chase. At Peter’s Canyon in Orange, after admiring a sundog in the sky, enjoying […]
Isn’t Spring just beautiful in all her ways? Artichoke Thistle (Cynara cardunculus) Prickly Pear (Opuntia) Some type of Cicada Golden Star (Blumeria crocea) California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) Vista Point Santiago Peak, Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County Elevation 5687ft Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) Vernal Pool Vernal Pool reflecting bright yellow Black Mustard Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) Black
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At our local CM meeting this month we discussed Self Education, which Charlotte Mason wrote about in the first chapter of Vol. 6. For the sake of brevity, really, I will try, I will highlight a few of my favorite quotes and say just a few things: The gist of it, I believe, is that
You can find the recipe here. I love a thin crust pizza, and I love cilantro. And making pizza dough fits in to handicraft! Doesn’t it? It was… okay. The crust just didn’t work out the way I’d hoped. It was thin, it was crispy, but it tasted a lot like flour. I replaced the
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A friend brought me these tulips. Aren’t they lovely? We might expect that the Lady Tulip would be a stately flower, if we should consider her history. She made her way into Europe from the Orient during the sixteenth century, bringing with her the honor of being the chosen flower of Persia, where her colors
But much may be done with sparrows. A friend writes: — “Have you seen the man in the gardens of Tuileries feeding and talking to dozens of them? They sit on his hat, his hands, and feed from his fingers. When he raises his arms they all flutter up and then settle again on him
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Doesn’t this movie look adorable!? The film is a documentary by French filmmaker Thomas Balmès that follows the first year in the life of four babies born into four very different homes: a mud hut in a Namibian village, a yurt in the Mongolian steppes, a skyscraper in Tokyo, and a townhouse in San Francisco.
I had ideas of a post earlier today entitled “The Perfect Storm”. I was set on telling you how multiple elements intersected creating supernatural situations requiring my utmost patience and discernment today. Things like: a very long and active weekend leaving us all tired and short on sleep, a 2 1/2 year old who discovered
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Sometimes it actually rains out here in California. Or they say it’s going to, and then it doesn’t. In either case, when that happens on our Nature Day, we have to figure something out. CM says that unless it’s pouring, we should head out anyway, which we do with our kids at times, but this
If you live locally, you’re going to love me for this post. This past month, the Lord, in all His wisdom and grace has providentially, pointed us to the most fantastic little nature outing! You will never believe this place exists in OC. And the best part is that there are NO RANGERS to tell
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