Halloween is a big deal in our house. It's pretty much a month long celebration that involves pumpkin patch trips, thrift store decor bargain hunting, an evolving display of decorations, scary movies, "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown", a pumpkin party, a ridiculous number of jack-o-lanterns, multiple costume changes, a pioneer cemetery photo shoot, and all sorts of festivities on Halloween ...
Seasons
Golden Leaves
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Be Like a Tree
"Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop." ~Rumi ...
Autumnal Fruit
"Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard." ~Walt Whitman ...
Summer Solstice
"and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birthday of life and of love and wings: and of the gaygreat happening illimitably earth" ~e.e. cummings ...
Another Fair May Faire
May Faire at our Waldorf school is a tradition I look forward to every year to ring in the flowering of the season. The Maypole dance, the flower crowns, the live music, the games booths, the plant sale and the bakery booth have all become interwoven in my experience of May. It can be a big undertaking for the school community and parent volunteers to put on, but it always comes together ...
Naturally Nested, Naturally Dyed
Here's what you get from a 6 minute boil, and couple hour soak in red cabbage, beets, onion skins and turmeric, and spinach. An egg-stravaganza! ...
Spring
"Spring is nature’s way of saying, "Let’s party!" ~Robin Williams ...
Flowers in February
Apparently I'm not the only one enjoying these February flowers. The pollinators have noticed them too! The wild honeybees are having a ball at the rosemary bush. It seems that Spring is making her appearance early around here. Buds are popping, flowers are blooming and things are certainly in a buzz. Fingers crossed that we don't get any sneaky late cold snaps, but I am ...
A Winter’s Solstice
While taking some quiet moments early this morning to appreciate the shortest day, I came across a favorite quote that I often associate with this time of year and was compelled to share. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus In the spirit of contemplating darkness and light, I would also like to share this excellent article ...