One Thousand Gifts

Cultivating an attitude of gratitude – #60-71! Barb (Harmony Art Mom) and her summer Charlotte Mason plans THE POOL! fresh avocados (yum!) chlorine and suntan lotion smell cotton t-shirts finished to-do lists ruby red grapefruit juice summer humidity laced with honeysuckle Flower Child helping me with the Monday chores afternoon naps on hot days lazy [...]

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One Thousand Gifts

faith tracy austin alexandra (princess) aislin (flower child) muddy acres – charlotte mason mecca music psalms the color purple mobile phones home school dark chocolate mt. olivet friends Sonlight piano lucy, gracie, goose, veronica, socks, sophie, angel, jasmine, fred, georgie, roxy, sugar, augustus, and however many chickens call this place home today bird feeders my [...]

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I took the PLUNGE!

Sort of literally! My Cuisinart Grind & Brew basket kept blowing open during the grind phase, spewing coffee grounds everywhere.  Or it would randomly come open during the brew phase – ALWAYS when I was out of the room – sending fresh-brewed coffee off the counter in a lovely waterfall.  And as if that weren’t [...]

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Home…. STILL!

I’m excited to see what this school year is going to bring to our family.  For the first time in YEARS we will have NO outside activities in the evening during the week, except actual basketball games which are really more fun than work. Of course, we went on vacation for two weeks in September.  [...]

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Sneak Preview!

Sorry for the fuzzies!  That’s the best I can do with my beginner camera and tall kids who always end up in the back row.

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When mamas go crunchy…

Kids will do what they gotta do!

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My Partner in Art

My Flower Child (age 10 years 10 months and 29 days) helped me got into the groove today. She is my artist in residence and general all-around creative kid. She loves to create using whatever she can find. She has lots of cool art supplies, but the key word there is ‘whatever she can find’. [...]

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Sisters

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Charlotte Mason Mecca

I’ll be honest, living here has not been the idyll that I had assumed it would be. BUT, I have to admit this is the most beautiful place I’ve ever lived in my life. Even in winter. Our nature studies have become so much more fun because we have a plethora of places to hike [...]

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Summer Silliness!

I like this picture so much I thought it deserved its very own post!

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Homestead Happenings

The day started out with a strawberry picking marathon. We picked about two gallons and it looks like this will be our last major harvest this year. Two things in life make me REALLY sad. The last strawberry in the spring and the last tomato in the fall. At least right now, I know that [...]

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Now the whole world knows!

Or at least everyone in The City who reads the local daily paper. (Picture taken by Miranda Pederson of The Daily News) Yes, my 10yo Flower Child drinks coffee.  Regularly.  She likes coffee.  She is especially fond of expensive coffee.  Ms. Pederson snapped this picture at our local farmers’ market last Saturday.  Flower Child bought [...]

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