“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn.*
When we were planning the move from Virginia to Texas, I scoped out the Dallas Aroboretum on the web as a replacement for our favorite flower places The U.S. Botanic Gardens and George Washington River Farm. That was in 2007. I took the girls once on a Girl Scout field trip and then, nothing. The […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Houseguest Edition
MTG’s parent’s are coming to visit today. Am I ready? No. Will I be?…….. Links! If you don’t read any further or click on any of the links, you must watch the loveliest flash-mob, ever. Hey look, you’re still here. I have a gift for you: a free Redbox movie rental code! Of course, free […]
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Too busy not to stop
Life right now is rather busy. In fact, I’m trying to remember when my life wasn’t busy. Hey 7-year-olds, cherish your down time! Anyway, right now seems to be a particularly frantic time, with appointments and practices and fires to put out. It’s a wee bit exhausting. I find myself falling into one of the […]
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Rediscovering Nature, part 2: The great disconnect
Second in a sporadic series about From Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. When I was a child, I use to roam my grandparents property, sometimes with my brother, sometimes alone or with friends. We explored four acres of West Texas wilderness, eight with my uncle’s adjoining property. There wasn’t much out there, rabbits, […]
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Rediscovering nature, first in a series
I grew up in an ugly place. (I can hear my mom now, “April! It is not ugly, it has it’s own beauty.”) Well, beauty is supposedly in the eye of the beholder, and this beholder says it’s ugly. Or rather, it has an absence of beauty. Except for our skies. Our skies are gorgeous. […]
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I’m feeling crotchety, and a blog carnival
The Sprite and I were taking a walk at the local nature preserve, chatting about life in a mother daughter way. Whilst we wandered, we heard a rustle in the bushes. It was a GINORMOUS SNAKE! It was fairly thick, maybe 3 inches in diameter and long, maybe about 5 feet. Note: I did not […]
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Photo Spectacular
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Attention lizards
First, I want to say I really like you. Really. We all do. A lizard sighting is a momentous occasion for the kids. The big guy running on my kitchen window ledge, puffing out his chin? Fantastic! Was that a mating thing or were you trying to scare away predators. Very cool. Also, I know […]
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Flowers, links and personal stuff
This was taken beside a highway west of Fredricksburg in April 2004. The bluebonnets are beginning to bloom in North Texas. Saturday we had the Sprite’s birthday at a farmhouse museum, and I got my first glimpse of bluebonnets. Today, I saw a nice swath of all sorts of wildflowers on the way to a […]
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Surfacing for air
It has been a hectic, crazy, busy, insane (redundant much?) time in our household. Thus, I’ve not blogged and have missed out on some fun. For example, Dana at Principled Discovery has been celebrating Home Education Week in Nebraska with a series of post and inviting others to join in. Very cool. I missed it. […]
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