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Buttercup Nature Journal Page

6 Things I Love About Nature Journaling

6 Things I Love About Nature Journaling (Not necessarily in this order)… 

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How to Choose the Best Children's Books: Honey for a Child's Heart

Honey for a Child’s Heart: How to Choose the Best Children’s Books

Children and books go together in a special way.  I can’t imagine any pleasure greater than bringing to the uncluttered, supple mind of a child the delight of knowing the many rich things God has given us to enjoy.  Parents have this wonderful privilege, and books are their keenest tools.  Children don’t stumble onto good books…

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Handbook of Nature Study: May 2013--Flowers

Free Nature Study Printables and more

Yesterday’s post on Spring Wild Flowers and today’s amazing spring weather plus a few hours spent digging outside in the dirt got me all set up to receive this newsletter in my inbox this afternoon… Have you subscribed to Barb/Harmony Art Mom’s Handbook Of Nature Study Newsletters? You should! She’s my favorite nature blogger, offering…

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Yellow Rocket flower

Spring Wildflowers and a Great Online Identification Tool

One of the things I love most about homeschooling is the ability to emphasize Nature Study.  We get to study nature up close and personal as opposed to learning about it from a book. Don’t get me wrong–we do learn quite a bit about Nature from books.  Our large home library includes an ever expanding stock of…

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God's Grace in a Red Hutch

The Red Hutch: God’s Grace and Backdoor Clutter

[Note: this post got a little long, 🙂 so if you’d like to skip right to all the pictures and organization part, simply scroll down to the end.] We moved into our current house in Northern Virginia after a cross-country move (from Texas) and in the midst of a difficult, high-risk pregnancy.  Older Brother had…

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Loving the Little Years: motherhood in the trenches

Loving the Little Years: motherhood in the trenches by Rachel Jankovic has been on my To-Read list for some time. At just over 100 pages, it’s a quick read.  Which is just about perfect for a book written by a mom-of-littles (five kids, five and under!) for other moms-of-littles. I have to say that I’m…

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

Got Wisdom?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about wisdom. In my role as a mother, I often feel inadequate.  There are situations that, on my own, I have no idea how to handle.  Well, actually, I can usually think of several ways to handle those situations, but the trouble is that I’m not sure which way…

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large floppy beach hat

My Favorite Sunscreens (and my large, floppy beach hat)

Yesterday, I explained why we don’t use much sunscreen around the Yankee Homestead. When we do need extra protection, this is what we like to use:   When I first learned that regular sunscreens might not be such a great idea, I did all kinds of research to find a sunscreen that was as safe…

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Sunscreen: Does It Work? Is It Safe?

Sunscreen: Does it Work? Is it Safe?

Did you know that regular sunscreens are carcinogenic? That’s right, the very substance we’re encouraged to slather all over ourselves in order to protect our body’s largest organ (the skin), is suspect of, at worst, causing and speeding the development of cancer and, at best, offering little real protection against skin cancer. [A] wide range…

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books I'm reading

11 Books I’m Reading

These are the books I’m currently reading, or have read in the past few months:

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