It’s been a rocky start, but I’ve finally had some time to update this new blog! Blogger, where I blogged for years, has become a relatively (maybe seriously) outdated platform, so it was time to move. I hope to find time to write and share my thoughts on many things here – I have more […]
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Social media has captured the hearts and minds of mamas, especially when it comes to nature study. Who doesn’t want to have friend groups frolicking in the outdoors with children exploring, learning together while mamas talk and share their days together? It really is a lovely and idealistic image that has trended big time, particularly
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We had our very first rain of the season here in California this week beginning with Thunderstorms early in the morning. The kids can’t get outside fast enough! Rainy days are rare and pure joy for the kids as they stomp around the puddles. After the rain is the best time to spot tracks in
Dana Point, located in Southern Orange County, is named after Richard Henry Dana, Jr. who sailed in a hide brig named The Pilgrim to San Juan Bay (Dana Point) as recorded in his Harvard Classic titled Two Years Before the Mast. San Juan is the only romantic spot in California. The country here for several
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You’re going to love this 🙂 More kelp finds at the beach this week. I looked around at all the beached kelp to check for ones that had the holdfast attached since many marine creatures hide in there. In this little piece of holdfast mingled with kelp mingled with shell, etc… we found annelids! (sea
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And dew-bright webs festoon the grassIn roadside fields at morning. ~Elizabeth AkersThe general shape of the web is like that of a broad funnel with a tube leading down at one side. This tube is used as a hiding place by the architect, the grass spider, which thus escapes the eyes of its enemies, and
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The more observant one is, the more one can find in the natural world to inspire awe. Cultivating your child’s powers of observation is like handing that child an antidote against boredom and an inoculation from becoming jaded. I want my children to have what Douglas Wilson calls a Contempt for the Cool, and part
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Laguna Coast Wilderness Park is full of blooms and ticks at this time of year. Here’s a list of what I can remember seeing in bloom today: White Sage Black Sage Bush Mallow Wild Grape California Everlasting Chalk Dudleya Night Shade Caterpillar Phacelia Jimson Weed Mexican Elderberry California Sunflower (Encelia) There were other yellow, telegraph
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A while back our friend from South Africa invited us for tea. What a pleasant surprise when we arrived to find fresh scones, or biscuits as she called them, homemade cream, jam, and other treats all arranged beautifully on a table with tea cups and saucers – each with a different floral pattern – little