This last month has been unusually busy for me. Which I admit while fun things have been happening, I do not like being busy in the slightest. But now, the calendar has cleared up and it’s catch up time. Another reason for the lack of blogging is just feeling a general “dullness” which could be as a result of being too busy! Inspiration has been hiding itself from me to get on here and write and post. But I feel it may be returning.

 

Anyways just wanted to post some photos of things that have been going on around here in our nature times.

 

 

Alex continues to spend lots of time in his second home…the creek.

 

 

I’ve still been keeping up with my love of taking wildflower photos. This has been one of my favorites of a Deptford Pink. 

 

 

Cindy and I are currently writing six new units, one of which is on butterflies, so I’ve been busy taking lots of butterfly photos, including this one of a gorgeous Monarch. 

 

 

Another one of the six units will be on conifer trees, so a trip to the local arboretum was due to observe and collect cones… 

 

 

 

 

…to do lots of fun experiments with! 

 

 

Such as learning about how conifers spread their seeds by dropping one and watching it twirl around. 

 

 

And then I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the Queen Anne’s Lace which seems bigger and more abundant than I’ve ever seen it this year. 

 

 

 

 

I’ve also been enjoying the Robin’s Plantain, which also seems to be doing really well this year. It has to be all the rain we’ve had… 

 

 

 

 

 …which has also made the woods more green, thick and lush.

 

 

Today, Alex found an awesome find…a beautiful orange bracket fungus! Yes, I know I’m a strange one to get excited about fungus, but it was such a gorgeous “sherbet orange” color, and once you study fungus you find it rather fascinating. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, that’s about it for now! More structured school will be starting up for us again soon. We pretty much school year round, taking breaks when we need and want. But a more concrete schedule will be resuming shortly. I have changes in mind for my blog as we begin another school year…stay tuned. Perhaps that just what I need to find that inspiration again!

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