Born with Green Thumbs

| May 13, 2010

I’m certain both of my parents were born with “green thumbs” and a serious love of God’s creation around them. Each home that they’ve ever lived in has been graced by the touch of their green thumbs and their love of nature. The house they live in now, however, has been blessed the most I [...]

Strawberry Patch

| April 28, 2010

We went for a little stroll around our backyard this evening. I took some strawberry patch photos to share! It won’t be long before I’ll have to get the bird netting out so that we can actually have some of these delicious, sweet berries once they ripen red.

A Snowdrop for a Honeybee

| March 9, 2010

Today we took a nature walk at a local park to hunt for early signs of spring. If you’d like to read more about that and see all our photos, head over to my post at Shining Dawn Books! But I just had to share this photo here of a beautiful Snowdrop flower we found. [...]

Captivating Crocus

| March 22, 2009

One by one the signs of spring are emerging. Yes, I think I’d like to officially call this an early spring. I’m for sure it didn’t warm up quite this quickly last year.  This past week it fell down below freezing a couple of nights, but the quickly warming up temperatures during the day surely speak [...]

Garden Update ~ Let the Harvest Begin

| July 6, 2008

It’s a small garden, but it’s a great start!  Alex has pretty much single-handedly planted and tended to this garden, and just recently gained his first harvest - potatoes!  The look on his face and apparent excitement was enough to make this whole project a success whether or not everything produces.   Doesn’t that face speak volumes?! [...]

Garden Update and Other Nature Miscellany

| June 22, 2008

The garden has been primarily Alex’s responsibility.  He loves it!  And he has done a great job for his first year.     Potatoes and Zucchini   Zucchini Bloom   Corn   Basil   Carrots   Gabby likes to help too, and big brother has been so kind to let her!   Other Nature things [...]