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Author: kris
This Week in the Garden
Just a few photos of the urban garden this week as we were busy farm sitting and tending to the rural garden out at the farm. See last week’s garden to get an idea of what we have growing. We’re joining Soule Mama for this fun weekly feature! Please feel welcome to share what’s growing in your garden… Continue reading This Week in the Garden
How to Have a Successful Nature Walk
In recent years, the importance of children spending time in nature has emerged in books, articles, and documentaries. What seems obvious to children, who yearn to squish their feet in the mud, splash in puddles, climb trees and run freely, is now one of those things that has been lost in the generation gap, along… Continue reading How to Have a Successful Nature Walk
This Week in the Garden
The urban garden was planted late on top of a late season, so our plants are off to a slow start. Regardless of when they emerge and grow, it’s always exciting to walk through the garden to see, smell, touch, and taste the plants that will nourish us in the weeks and months to come!… Continue reading This Week in the Garden
This Moment
“A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.” {joining Soule Mama today} If you’re inspired to follow along, please leave a link to your moment in the comments!
Old Mill Wisdom
On a recent trip to the park with family, we were pleasantly surprised to find an old mill museum open for visitors. The boys had a blast checking out the old stone mill, watching it turn and grind the grain into flour, and the best part – feeling its smooth texture on their hands. The… Continue reading Old Mill Wisdom
This Moment
“A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.” {joining Soule Mama today} If you’re inspired to follow along, please leave a link to your moment in the comments!
lemonade stand
Most of us can likely conjure up memories of lemonade stands or other entrepreneurial endeavours from our own childhoods. I recall lemonade stands, as well as a season where some friends and I sold slushies made with our Snoopy slush machine and mini donuts coated in white powdered sugar that we purchased at the grocery… Continue reading lemonade stand
Mindfully Celebrating Easter: Basket Stuffers
Whether celebrated for it’s religious significance, as a family tradition, or as a way of welcoming spring, we can all agree that Easter is about new life; blades of grass poking through freshly thawed soil, tender shoots emerging from a deep slumber, just as we breathe in the fresh spring air after a long, dark… Continue reading Mindfully Celebrating Easter: Basket Stuffers
Mindfully Celebrating Easter: Dyeing Eggs
One of my fondest childhood memories of Easter is dyeing Easter eggs in my grandmother’s kitchen, surrounded by family, while snacking on grandma’s famous Paska (Polish Easter bread). I can recall the sweet, yeasty taste of the homemade bread, the smell of the local pickerel or ham we’d enjoy later at dinner, the whole boiled eggs… Continue reading Mindfully Celebrating Easter: Dyeing Eggs