Posted in Moderation and Economy, Our home on May 24th, 2010
My husband’s cousin will be visiting all summer (from New York City!), and for part of her visit, she’s going to be staying with us. We were worried about her not having a place to sleep here, and have been on the lookout for a used sofa. A queen-sized futon has been serving as our [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Homemaking, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy, Our home, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 23rd, 2010
And here’s the rest of the garden update:
There wasn’t time to get any side-yard shots before the rain started up again, but we now have 64 healthy strawberry plants growing there (many have set fruit already!) and the Christmas limas are germinating there as well.
Out in the backyard – the peas (see above) are as [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Homemaking, Learning, Locally grown, Nature Table, Our home, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 22nd, 2010
The garden has really taken off after a week of hot, sunny weather, followed by lots of rain. (although, the cold nights and wind the past few days haven’t done us any favors). Volunteers have been able to start taking in a few baskets of organic produce to BCS, mostly radishes, mustard greens, lettuce, chives, [...]
Posted in Learning, Our home, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 8th, 2010
This afternoon’s project was painting the chicken coop a vibrant blue (although it dried darker).
The girls had a great time, and were sure to get lots of paint in their hair.
Up next? A second coat (after picking up a second gallon), painting the trim and posts, and adding a nice bright yellow sunshine [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Nature Table, Our home, The Gift of God on Apr 3rd, 2010
Preparing for our celebration of the Resurrection tomorrow:
The children’s baskets may be put out awaiting little treats from a certain visitor, but our hearts and minds are fixed the redemptive joy of tomorrow.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be [...]
Posted in Learning, Our home, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Mar 1st, 2010
We scrapped all other plans for today,
and simply played in in the dirt.
As Firecracker said, “There’s nothin’ more natural than gettin’ dirty.”
Somehow, in the midst of playing “dirt fairies”, “cruel dirt queen who makes her workers dig all day”, “climb dirt mountain”, “search for worms and buried treasure”, and “fill and empty buckets of [...]
Posted in Homemaking, Mothering tool kit, Our home, Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
The past month has been an opportunity to re-evaluate what we value as a family – to really examine what we strive to be and to accomplish. Although unintentional, the blogging break these past several weeks has been very therapeutic for our whole family. (Actually, it was a break from all computer-related activities).
I realized how [...]
A quiet afternoon yesterday – now all of us are feeling under the weather and we are doing our best to cultivate an atmosphere of peace and foster wellness. The girls were snuggling in their bed, reading Highlights and Ranger Rick, and Tum Tum was napping. A rare opportunity to enjoy a cup of coffee [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Moderation and Economy, Mothering tool kit, Our home on Sep 28th, 2009
Some friends recently asked how we share sleep with our youngest while he’s in cloth diapers. Overnight leaks are a worry, even with doublers and the “good covers” saved for night time. To safeguard the mattress, we don’t use expensive wool mattress pads (which sound fabulous, but are way out of the budget) or those [...]
Posted in Our home, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jul 5th, 2009
Little Hen and I picking wildflowers in the yard,
and cutting out new paperdolls from Grandma,
while the little ones take a nice long nap.
I think that makes for a pretty good Sunday afternoon.