autumn Christmas cactus gardens photo images road trip Good-Bye October! "The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves." - Sara Teasdale Read more
football holidays school students Crazy Teacher on Crazy Hair Day When you work in a K-12 school everyone gets to enjoy the special events surrounding Homecoming, Halloween, Veteran's Day, the school carnival, a… Read more
photo images August Photos Earn Honorable Mention I learned of the annual photo contest sponsored by the Friends of the Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge when I stumbled across their website afte… Read more
birthday Dad Dad...This One if For You! I am remembering my dad today on his birthday. If he was with us today he would be ecstatic over the idea that we could bring the singers he loved i… Read more
Lake Roosevelt Native Americans school students The River Mile J A is studying the ecosystem of her native land on "The River Mile". The National Park Service sponsors a program on the Columbia River cal… Read more
canning kitchen Making Grape Jam in Record Time We had harvested our grapes over a week ago and knew we needed to get some jam made soon. I discovered yesterday we didn't have enough of the sup… Read more
home sibling writing assignment siblings Sibling Assignment #79: Well... Scratch my Yahtzee! I assigned the sibling assignment this week. " Many hours of our childhood were spent playing games . Share a memory that involved playing a gam… Read more
Kellogg Z2 Z2 On To State! Congratulations to my niece Z2. She started cross country this year as a freshman at Kellogg High School. Friday she qualified for the State Cross Co… Read more
photo images 26 Things Challenge I found a photo challenge on this site here called the 26 Things Challenge. Each participant is to take a picture for each letter of the alphabet. I … Read more
The Extraordinary Accomplishments of Helen Keller Recently when this picture was found of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan it reminded me of my lifelong interest in this… Keep reading
Strawbale Gardening: A New Project! We have an area close to our potato patch that needs a border. We really didn't want another fence. JEJ had already… Keep reading
What's That Smell in the Kitchen?:Favoite Poem by Marge Piercy Mom used to make a basic potato soup that was so delicious. It contained potatoes, celery, onion, and evaporated milk… Keep reading
Sibling Assignment # 31 : Annie, Sandy, and Goosebumps This week for our sibling assignment we were to write about a memorable musical . Sunday Scribblings word is Goosebump… Keep reading