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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:Unknown Beauty (Guest Post)

by Marissa | Oct 18, 2013 | 31 days 2013, Guest Post, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, Pregnancy, Uncategorised

{Guest Post by Dea Daniels} Our new gift-of-a-Labrador arrived within minutes of the phone call. Two unexpected events. One, the arrival of cheerand energy and a new beginning. The other, the announcement of a heartbreaking trauma; a loss forever etched in a mother’s...

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...

31 Days of Nature Walks-Leaf Rubbing

by Marissa | Oct 17, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Daily Rhythm, Gardening, Image-Update, PursuingBeauty, Uncategorised

A very important part of Aneliese’s day is doing art. Today we were short on time and so I decided to do a combination of art and nature walk. A very important part of Aneliese’s day is doing art. Today we were short on time and so I decided to do a...

31 Days of Nature Walks-Canoeing, just the two of us

by Marissa | Oct 16, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, marriage, PursuingBeauty, Uncategorised

For the first time in five and half years we had a night away with just the two of us. Our girls joined the Brown clan and we headed back to Milford House for one of the last days of their season. Given the fun that we had together for our vacation this summer, the...
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