A Few Garden-y Things
Written by admin on July 18th, 2008I’m actually okay and able to move after all my cleaning yesterday! How I loved waking up to a clean, quiet house this morning.
I walked through the garden before I started my work day. The sun was very bright.
Mary over at Across the Pond was writing about urns yesterday. I was not sure I had one, but I thought I had an old one, broken, used in two different pieces in the garden.
You can see one of the urn handles. The top portion of the urn is being used for a planter. This may not have been a true urn since the base was not hollow, but it had the shape of an urn when in one piece.
The urn base, flipped upsidedown, holds a small mosaic butterfly/insect bath.
Looking at my flowers, longing to stay outside, but I have to go in and work.
Fluffy came around to greet me and meow a good morning. 
The garden was, thankfully, full of butterflies this morning. I think the butterfly above is a pearl crescent, but maybe someone who knows for sure will come along and confirm.
And I’m pretty sure this is an Eastern tailed blue. So sweet!
Well, back to work…
Lynn
The Hundred Dresses
The Family Under the Bridge
Caddie Woodlawn. With the Wisconsin big woods theme, goes along great with a FIAR study of The Raft.
A Year Down Yonder
A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning
Pocketful of Pinecones: Nature Study With the Gentle Art of Learning: A Story for Mother Culture. Sweet fictional story about a newly homeschooling mother who incorporates nature study.
Nature Crafts for Kids: 50 Fantastic Things to Make With Mother Nature's Help
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Awakening Beauty the Dr. Hauschka Way
A Redbird Christmas: A Novel
The Usborne Internet-Linked Book of Knowledge
What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know
for you to leave a comment, but you can also e-mail me at lynn AT thehealthyhomeschool.com
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Hi Lynn!
I love walking through your gardens each day with you! They’re looking lovely as usual!
What a blessing you are to your family! A beautiful home, and CLEAN, wonderful food and you’re always up on your appearance!
I played “Lynn at Salvation Army” yesterday… I found a nice little bird feeder and something you recommended a while back… “Prentice Hall Literature”… for .66 cents. It has a great glossary in the back and I plan to use it for unschooling Tommie. I mean if we can teach onamotpeia in 1st grade with FIAR, I think I can tweek other parts of literature as well… just by using the glossary for now.
Happy Saturday-
Michele
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Hi, Michele! Thank you for stopping by. You’ve made me smile this morning. I love all kinds of books, and sometimes just a portion of a book — as you point out — is a great resource. Good find!
I am typing today, but just taking a little break to check up on my blog and put a few new things on.
Happy Saturday,
Lynn