Posted in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2006 1 Comment »
It’s been such a long day… It’s been one of those days that leaves me feeling like a worn out, threadbare old rag. M (13 yo, schizophrenia, dd) has gotten more unstable again. I feel like I spent the whole day today chasing after him… keeping him from hurting himself or someone else. Yes, he […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2006 No Comments »
Well… I’m back and starting to feel a little more like a human being again.The kids and I worked outside all morning today… The weather was cool and overcast and just right for getting some work done. The first thing I did was to finally finish planting the kitchen garden. I planted four jalapeno plants […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2006 No Comments »
LOL… It looks like there is nothing like posting a few pictures of a snake to get people’s attention!Unfortunately (or fortunately… I’m not sure which) the snake saga continues. The snake (now named Ferdinand after the peace-loving bull in one of the kid’s favorite books) seems to have made himself at home here and I […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
It feels like we’ve spent the past two days doing nothing but running around… We’ll be home most of the day tomorrow, and I’m really looking forward to a stay-at-home day. The kids and I went to a very cool tour through our homeschool group co-op yesterday. We toured several ancient cliff dwellings located […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Since spotting an oriole and finding it’s nest last night, I’ve been intrigued by them and trying to learn more about their nest building skills.
I found these “instructions” for a young oriole building it’s first nest…
A. You will carry one fiber at a time to the nest. Hang onto the nest twig with your feet […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Our baby robins have hatched!There are at least two babies in the nest, maybe three. Here is one of the hungry little ones waiting for mom or dad to come back with a tasty worm…
Edited to add this close-up….
Sure enough, it didn’t take long before mama robin was busy feeding her babies… again!
The babies seem […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2006 No Comments »
Well, it’s been a crazy few days, but I guess I should probably take a few minutes to update my blog…Dh is still in the hospital and they haven’t talked yet about a discharge date. He was doing pretty well for the first few days, but then they had to change his pain meds and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12th, 2006 No Comments »
I guess it’s time to really write something here… instead of just posting pictures.
I’m still reading the Charlotte Mason Companion, and it has really inspired me to make some changes in our homeschool… I have found myself agreeing with many of her ideas, and am excited about implementing some of them.
Because R and I love […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2006 No Comments »
So, this is what I do when I really don’t want to do laundry
(or housework at all!). I spend my time outside taking
pictures of a cold little mama robin sitting on her nest,
until eventually….
….she gets really cranky with me.
Hmmm… if looks could kill, I think I’d be toast!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9th, 2006 1 Comment »
R’s absolute favorite story is Black Beauty. She started out reading an abridged version of the book… kind of an easy reader… and watching the movie (there seem to be countless versions of it out there, and she wants to see them all!).
Over the past six months or so she’s graduated into more challenging versions […]
