Prairie Garden

Two amazing things happened this morning while reading The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice to the boys out loud during Circle Time this ...

Seriously.  It is the end of October.  Unbelievable. This fall has been a bit of a whirlwind.  We traveled to the Twin Cities twice in les...

Preserving: Tomato products: salsa, ketchup, paste, puree Other canned goals: tomatillo salsa, watermelon rind pickles, apple sauce Dryi...

Oh yes.  It has been summer. A few words. Visited Western WA for most of July Drove there and back (would do it again) Working toward ...

Of all the things.  Cat care has been all but ignored in the last 10 years in our household, but there have been several recent bumps in the...

It has been 90 degrees F for the last two days, which prompted me to finallllly start the seasonal clothing shift and get the boys' summ...

 Truen snuggling with this year's goslings. Sadly, they all vanished one sunny Saturday morning. We are almost positive it was co...

This is what Jamie said this morning as he was scraping out the bottom of an almost-empty honey jar that he had pulled off the counter.  I t...

Have I really not posted in almost three weeks?  Good grief.  This calls for a good old fashioned list post. My daily wake-up time hovers ...

  The little dinosaur on the left Eliah has been saying the most hilarious things recently.  He has moved into longer sentences that al...

 Books my boys have loved: Hatchet (et al) - Gary Paulsen Woodsong - Gary Paulsen My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George Old ...

I've been tweaking our homeschool schedule in recent weeks with hugely beneficial results. The revised morning flow Eat earlier (me)...

Shucks, it's leap day - I've got to post.  My mama was a Leap Year Baby and today is her 15th official birthday.  My dad used to tea...

"You got mad eyes, Mama." After a moderately rough morning and a burning need for solitude.  Little Eliah Len. I've also r...

It was a great year for snow -- Blaine skied almost every weekend in December-January. The boys joined him several times throughout t...

It is amazing, it really is.  My boys, with their frothy leader at the helm - the oldest and most impulsive of the crew - have officially gr...

Shower Day: freshly washed and combed I've developed an entire routine to keep Yiya's curls looking beautiful. It takes a l...

Eliah says "Shishy papo" not "fishy papo" [papo = pacifier] "DungeBob" not "SpongeBob" "...

I am.... ....playing the "Dragon Game" with Jamie and Eliah every day before lunch in the upstairs bedroom.  Jamie gets dressed ...

The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief & Healing - Ed. Kevin Young The Taste of Country Cooking - Edna Lewis Raising Real Men - Hal and Me...