Summer is here. School is out and families are beginning to plan vacations: trips to the beach, an amusement park, a museum… all wonderful places, full of fun, unless you and your child are separated, and then they become places of sheer panic: crowds of people coming and going and large areas of ground…
Ryan’s strawberry plants are producing a bit earlier than usual this year. From what I hear, the handful of strawberries he has collected have been delicious. For each little red fruit, he has carefully picked, tenderly cleaned, thoughtfully tasted, and dutifully recorded the harvest date and a tastiness rating… ranging from six to 10 plus…
On several visits to local parks and gardens, the boys and I have heard talk of the difficulty Virginia parks are having with invasive non-native vines overtaking native undergrowth, shading out and replacing native wildflowers, and climbing and eventually killing native trees. Unfortunately, when native plants are edged out, the diversity of plants needed by…
Of their own accord, Ryan and Connor decided to sit and watch the birds at our backyard feeder this afternoon. Connor first, and then Ryan, pulled up a chair, and the two of them sat for longer than I ever believed possible, first simply watching the birds and then identifying and recording the birds they…
Our peeps are home! Ryan’s peeps remain nameless this evening: But not Connor’s. Meet Midnight and the infamous Saturday! Let the adventures begin! 4-01-2010: Ryan’s peeps now have names: Pepper and Eliza Jane (of Little House on the Prairie fame!)
The boys started their morning, picking up where they left off last night: playing outside with Cranium’s Super Fort Building Set. In their adventures, they happened upon a baby bird that had fallen from its nest. They were sad that its life had ended so quickly, but fascinated by its appearance: translucent skin, HUGE…