Category Archives: Activities
The Rabid Radish Eaters
It is prime picking time in our radish patch. The best part about our garden is that our girls, particularly the youngest, will eat items straight from the garden that she will not touch when presented on her dinner plate. … Continue reading
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Paiute Meadows Run, 2012
Another Paiute Meadows Run on a crystal clear day, and this time I was joined by my daughter, who has been ‘training’ with me and wanted to tackle the 1-mile kids’ run. As the older kids darted off from the … Continue reading
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Beet-Dyed Easter Eggs
We dyed our Easter eggs this weekend, using an easy how-to from Mother Earth News. For our dyestuffs, we chose chopped beets and turmeric powder. They boiled up into vivid magenta and bright saffron yellow. We then mixed the two … Continue reading
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Indoor Herb Garden
Last year our basil was restricted to just one pot. That was, as far as I was concerned, vastly insufficient to meet our growing basil needs. So this year, we are booting other, less favored herbs from the windowsill and … Continue reading
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Feed the Animals
M. brought this sweet little game back from her Yaya’s house the other day. My husband smiled with recognition, as it dates from his childhood. M. has brought this set out several times over the last few days to match … Continue reading
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Map Art
I make a lot of maps for my work, and have been bringing home recycling-bound drafts for the girls. They look for the north arrow, and embark on imaginary journeys by tracing streams in blue and following roads with their … Continue reading
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A Global Perspective
The gift of this globe to our family is already proving handy as I field questions from my girl on the cusp of four. Our lunch reading, of Virginia Lee Burton’s The Little House , mentioned robins flying south. “What … Continue reading
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Hawk Quill Watercolors
We are recuperating from illness today, and I am trying to find mellow activities that maintain a slow pace for the day. This one was initiated by M., who has been reading a book on the Mayflower voyage that features … Continue reading
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Leaf Rubbing Gift Tags
My wee one was a bit feverish this morning. She is such a mover, even when sick, that I thought the best way to keep her still was to put her in a stroller and take in the advent of … Continue reading
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Our Twilight Garden
By the time the raised beds were finished it was mid-July. Which up here means we had approximately just six frost-free weeks remaining. Even so, I couldn’t resist planting a garden. Out came an assortment of seed from gardens past … Continue reading
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