Vivid Color Album

I experimented with the vivid color setting on my camera while camping. Here are some results.

Sibling Assignment # 153: Summer in a Jar

I gave this week's assignment. "Share a memory that revolves around preserving food. It can either be a memory that involved you preserving …

Burst of Blooms Mean Bouquets

Now that the weather has cooled a bit the annual flowers have recharged also. It was a joy today to gather flowers and arrange them in bouquets.

Recharging

This week-end we spent time recharging and relaxing at one of our favorite camping spots. We practically had the place to ourselves. I played around w…

Honoring Ancestors

Tomorrow we have a day off of school to honor Native American Day. Today the staff and students enjoyed and appeciated the work of our tribal members…

Glimpse of Beauty

Recently I was learning more about my camera during a camping trip. Here are images I captured trying new settings. Location: Canyon Creek Campground,…

Lost in Hobo Cedar Grove

When I recently toured the cedar grove I remembered this poem. Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you ar…

Sibling Assignment # 152: The Queen of Facebook Without Ever Logging In

For those of you new to my blog the sibling assignment project started back in 2007 as a writing prompt each week between myself and my two siblings.…

Summer In a Jar

I remember glass Mason jars, a canner, and the smell of dill at Grandma Woolum's house. Jars full of pickles, relish, and green beans were wrapp…

Learning What I Love

The things we learn by heart are those that stay with us long after they were first learned. What was the first poem you learned by heart? Can you re…

Sibling Assignment #151: God's Handiwork in the Cedar Grove

Again we are rolling with our sibling assignments. Raymond Pert assigned this one. "Write about a particular thing that happened on our Sibling …

Sweet and Savory and a Keeper from the Recipe Box

I don't know if it started at Sunnyside School when we ate chili and cinnamon rolls together for hot lunch, but I love the savory tastes in bean…