continued from Part 1. Since I had not seen, or heard, the bat on the stairway I headed to the (door-less) attic space that is adjacent to our bedroom. Moving slowly and ready to duck my head at any moment, I slowly began to look around. There is space above our ceiling and my literal prayers were…
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This post contains affiliate links. What should you do when life suddenly becomes a bit batty? Buy a house! When work on our house began and walls were taken apart, some of the workers mentioned finding a couple bats inside the walls. It was winter and the walls were filled with old insulation. My first thought…
A productive past couple of days has left me feeling accomplished and very tired. It has also left me feeling very behind and lacking. I have been finishing up the inside of the house, in preparation for new carpet being installed on Friday. I have finally finished removing wall paper, priming, and painting two coats on walls,…
Looking for a way to help teach your kids about plants? Here is a fun video that will help. A bonus is that they will not even know they are learning. The Magic School Bus Gets Planted from Melissa Erwin on Vimeo.
As a kid, I felt sorry for Peter’s father, being caught by the Farmer and put into a pie. As a grown-up and a gardener, I can sympathize with Farmer McGregor and would probably do the same thing. 🙂
It is 4:37 a.m. The first bird started singing. I really need to figure out which bird this is. It does not really matter. I feel like we share this special time, while the rest of the world sleeps we welcome in the new day together. Though, it is an hour later than the last…
This is a Librivox recording, on YouTube. Most Librivox recordings I have listened to were read by one reader, or maybe multiple ones, but always one voice at a time. This recording of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a dramatic reading with different voices for various characters. This makes is easier to…
This Librivox recording contains the full recording of A Child’s Garden of Verses by Roberty Louis Stevenson. The first minute and twenty five seconds are the introduction and dedication at the beginning of the book. All together the books takes just over an hour to listen to. While the words are very clear in dictation,…
Having kids has been a great reminder of how much we take for granted, such as knowing that the green things growing in the garden will turn into food that we can eat. Or knowing that the roots are what take up the water and nutrients from the soil. If we do not teach the…