Category Archives: Nature
Days getting shorter, time slowing down
As we get closer to the Winter Solstice, we’ve noticed something strange. Time seems to be slowing down. This will be our first year celebrating the shortest day, the first year we will mark this passage of the seasons, the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Family Life, Healing, Holidays, Knitting, Life, Nature, Simplicity
Tagged children, connection, crafts, Family, healing, holidays, home, letting go, life, mindfulness, quiet, simplicity, slowing down, time, Winter Solstice
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Going to see a man about Christmas…
Yesterday, regardless of the chills, tired eyes and rosy cheeks well-known here when the first winter cold strikes, we bundled up and headed out into the cold sunny air… we had a date with a very special someone. We headed … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Family Life, Holidays, Life, Nature, Outdoors
Tagged children, Christmas, Family, holidays, life, outdoors, Santa Claus
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Which came first : The quail or the egg?
In our case tonight, it was the egg. Let me explain… How does learning happen here? It does so randomly most of the time. I’ve tried having a plan, but I’m not a home school mama so I definitely don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Learning at home, Life, Nature, Parenting
Tagged children, Family, home, learning, letting go, life, nature, slowing down
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Slowing down, feeling good
So much fun! Here. Best homemade clay recipe to date! My husband looked at me yesterday, as we were threading pony beads onto our latest homemade ornament project, and simply said : “It’s strange, but I feel so much more … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafting, Family Life, Holidays, Life, Nature, Outdoors, Simplicity
Tagged Family, gratitude, holidays, home, homemade, homemade gifts, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, slowing down, winter
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Quiet morning – playing the nap time game
Mornings used to be the time when I had a few hours to myself. My son is a morning napper. I think it comes from the fact that he is still not the best night-time sleeper and after his morning … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Gratitude, Knitting, Life, Nature, Outdoors, Reading
Tagged children, connection, Family, gardening, growing up, home, knitting, life, nature, outdoors, quiet, reading, slowing down
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First snowy walk of the year
Although the world around us has been hit with snow repeatedly over the last few weeks, we, aside from the very occasional ephemeral flurries, were yet to have any real snow. That changed yesterday. You can imagine the early morning … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Gratitude, Life, Nature, Outdoors
Tagged connection, Family, First snow, life, nature, outdoors, slowing down, walking, winter
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And the trees keep falling…
Have you ever gone from elated to not so sure about something in less than 24 hours? I’m there now… This is the picture I posted 2 days ago about gaining so much light on our grounds due to our … Continue reading
Posted in Cultivation, Life, Nature
Tagged Cutting down trees, Faith, home, learning, life, mindfulness, nature, outdoors
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A very special spot – Gratitude
This week-end, I’m grateful… – for more time on the week-ends, now that my weeks are more my own. – for the curious nature of nature and the conversations it provokes. – for the crisp late fall air that cleans my … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Gratitude, Nature, Outdoors
Tagged fall, Family, gratitude, growing up, healthy, hiking, learning, nature, outdoors, quiet, slowing down
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Playing with shadows
How naturally children learn… We spend so much time trying to impart knowledge and they hold it all already. They just don’t have the words for concepts and things, but they know they are there, they know they exist. And … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Gratitude, Learning at home, Nature
Tagged children, gratitude, growing up, home, learning, mindfulness, natural learning, nature, shadows, shortening of days
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