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31 Days of Nature Walks: Let’s Climb Trees

by Marissa | Oct 25, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised

We were out collecting acorns to make acorn coffee, which is a whole other story, and the girls were running like little squirrels to fill their baskets. Before too long, Aneliese dropped her basket at the base of the oak tree and began scurrying up the branches. ...

31 Days of Nature Walks: Close to Home (Guest Post)

by Marissa | Oct 22, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Daily Rhythm, Farm, GrowingFamily, Guest Post, Image-Update, Uncategorised

{Guest Post by Lola Brown} This year, our summer was full.  Jammed to the absolute max.  We moved, renovated our old house, settled in to our new farm house, built fences, accumulated animals (rapidly), raised and slaughtered our food and then quickly changed gears...

31 Days of Nature Walks: On a Sunny Afternoon

by Marissa | Oct 22, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, Farm, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Parenting, Uncategorised

  We are getting to the end of the really warm days of fall and still haven’t even close to finished ticking off our list of to be done before winter. Monday is Dan’s Saturday where we putter around the yard and house working on the various jobs that need...

31 Days of Nature Walks-Little Buds Bouquets

by Marissa | Oct 21, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Gardening, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, PursuingBeauty, Uncategorised

For well over a year now, Aneliese has been asking to have a table at the market selling flower bouquets. She loves to run out to her garden or around the pasture and yard gathering flowers for the center of the table and she really does it beautifully. At this point,...

31 Days of Nature Walks: Kids, Apples, Ponies

by Marissa | Oct 20, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Farm, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Parenting, Uncategorised

We’ve done it before. All three girls riding at once I mean. Putting Aneliese and Kathleen in the saddle with Cecily in the doubler while I lead our pony, Max, means that we can leave the pasture and visit the trails. We don’t move particularly quickly but...

31 Days of Nature Walks-Keeping a Nature Journal

by Marissa | Oct 17, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Art, Daily Rhythm, Homeschool, Image-Update, PursuingBeauty, reading/literacy, Uncategorised

My mom always included keeping a journal as part of our homeschooling and I still have a couple of mine. Sometimes they are very straight forward, “Today we went for a ride up Polar Springs. Mary Workman came to visit. We had stew for supper.” Or Other times I pour...
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