Archive for the 'nature' Category

Playing with my camera

December 6, 2009

We had beautiful weather today. Perfect weather to drag the kids to the park so that I could play with my new present.

She didn’t want to come at first, but I told her that I would let her hold my camera. She changed her mind and came along.

I had a little trouble with the nature [...]

Blackberry picking

August 22, 2009

I took the kids blackberry picking the other day. This year the blackberries are very good. We have had little rain and a lot of warm temps which makes the berries big, sweet, and juicy.  We went to our usual picking location, and unfortunately, many other people had already been there. It was kind of [...]

The Redwoods.

June 26, 2009

Our final destination was the Redw0od forest. I can not remember the last time I was rendered speechless, but I was speechless. My pictures do not do the amazing trees justice. They were awe inspiring. I just wanted to plop myself down in the middle of the woods and stare at them.

I am looking through [...]

Devil’s Churn

June 22, 2009

You know, we find the best places when we just pull off to the side of the road. This is Devil’s Churn. The conversation in the car went like this.
“Oh, here is a sign. It might be cool.”
“Do you want to pull off?”
“Yeah, let’s pull off.”
“Ok.”
This place was awesome. It was low tide. The [...]

On homeschool conventions and bird droppings

June 19, 2009

Since we are homeschooling two of our hooligans next year, my husband encouraged me to attend the homeschool convention because they have motivated me in the past. I was a little hesitant to go, but Miller Pads and Paper was going to be there. I love that booth. I also thought that I could pick up some [...]

Tree Huggers

June 17, 2009

Baby Birds

June 15, 2009

I am just a chatty Cathy lately, aren’t I? I finally thought to take a picture today of the baby birds that were born while we were on vacation. When we arrived home, they were still featherless. I would say they are probably almost a week old. They are getting a few of their real [...]

No wonder I woke up

January 30, 2009

We had an earthquake this morning. I woke up to the handles rattling on my husband’s dresser. That happens sometime when a large truck goes by, but a large truck doesn’t make my bed move a little back and forth. I thought maybe we are having an earthquake, and then I thought “nah”.
Sure enough we [...]

The Pewnies

November 7, 2008

I am not exactly sure that “pewnies” is spelled correctly. In fact, I am not exactly sure if that is even a word. I can tell you the they have arrived at our house. They were uninvited, and I really hope that they don’t stay long.
The “pewnies” is what my dad calls being sick. If [...]

Black Widow in my grapes

October 8, 2008

Did that get your attention? Yeah, me too. I don’t have time to blog about it now because I have to get Freckle Face to see his physiatrist. (I will let you know how that goes too) I didn’t get a  picture because the last thing you think about when you see a huge, shiny [...]