Eoghan and I had a very good and messy time making these falling leaves. We used beeswax, dipping the leaves about 10-15 times each, then laid them to dry on wax paper. Eoghan found a beautifully smooth and curvy stick, and now they hang above our nature table. I love them and they smell so good.
LOVE this baby!
Pumpkinny felted goodness.
Our nature table bursting with orange love.
365 days of weather leaves
Guessing and counting up the sunny, cloudy, snowy, and rainy. Who would have believed the sun reigned in the rain forest?
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E. wished me to write:
We had rescued some tadpoles from a pond (we were told that they never would have made it through the winter, as they came around too late in the season), and the boys delighted in watching them grow. E. kept notes with drawings, to mark their changes.
The toads with their tails almost gone, were doing just fine. 
Happiness is waking up to a handmade book from my E. The wrapping is too sweet.
Almost the last of our garden goodness (spearmint, peppermint, chocolate mint, and some wee carrots).
I think they will be grand, and will save the soap from being smooshed to pieces, as this is one of E.'s favorite activities. Much to our (un)delight.
A blueberry colored, knitted, hot water bottle cover. A gift going to a very dear friend.
Today we received a small package in the mail, it contained a book on our reading list for the year. Most of the books we read are checked out from our local library, our absolute favorites however are purchased. When we do this we try to obtain them from our local independent bookstore, but if they are not available, we go through independent bookstores online. The best is Powell's. And if it is used that is available, even better!
...our harvest of zucchinis this year, from our one raised bed that my love made for me.
May the wind carry hope...
...hope that every child has someone
who loves them with all their heart.
