-
(Untitled)
In just a few short days my beautiful boy shall turn 8. How am I coping ... well, I've decided to rearrange everything in the house.
8, that is infinity on its side. My son shall be infinity years old - whoa! -
Morning excursions
This morning we were out in our rainboots cataloging the mushrooms and fungus growing in our yard. I saw a purple mushroon - never had that pleasure before. I know a reasonable amount about foraging (in fact, I encourage the growth of little eaten and used greenry in our yard), but little to nothing about the mushrooms, so we decided to look and ( Read more... ) -
Shall we dance?
Saturday, Lucy and I took to the outdoors during the blue hour and caught a couple of fireflies (we put them in her hair). The highlight of this magical time, though, was the "Bat Ballet". After our release we moved into the backyard - looking up at the sky and we watched as 5 different bats danced and twirled around each other, moving higher ( Read more... ) -
Rainbow Sparkles
So, last night it was too hot to go and catch fireflies. Taran, Lucy and I stayed inside (air conditioning) watched Futurama episodes and made this:
( Read more... ) -
what's growin' on
Currently we have strawberries, potatoes (crap I have to water that second batch), tomatoes (who doesn't?), dill, rosemary, sage, basil, mint, oregano, garlic, black beans, black-eyed peas, dandelions, chickweed, roses, daylillies, sunflowers and plantain growing in our yard. I like my plants to be beautiful and edible ( Read more... ) -
This day in puppetry
Last night and this morning, Taran and I made him a new dragon puppet. He designed and colored the finished product, I acted as seamstress.
-
Ouch...splinters!
Taran and Chuck were making breakfast and creating a game based on the early Presidents of The United States of America (I'm pretty certain KOL was involved as well ( Read more... ) -
Why is it?
I want to post to LJ today (I have the time + inclination) and LJ is fighting is moving soooo slow. Maybe it is the network I am on....hmm shall ponder it. -
March 17
I'm not a celebrator of St. Patrick's Day after all, I am pagan (and we all know what the snakes really were). I did, however, help the kids create a Leprechaun trap - partly because I'm cryptid fan and partly because I like make traps (especially if they have a rube goldberg aspect to them). Our Leprechaun got a way, but he left behind some ( Read more... ) -
I challenge thee....
so I've been challenged and must now go to the childrens section and pull 5 titles. To those titles I must add .... in Misty's pants. I don't know, it seems wrong somehow (like Rorschack would kick my bum), so ... of course I shall participate.
Cowslip in Misty's pants
The Naughty lamb in Misty's pants
The Night Book in Misty's pants
A Book of Hugs ( Read more... )
