Days In The Garden ~ Ornamentation

These Gnomes finally have a home and names. Say hello to Al' O & Vera (chuckles all around when you get it)  Protectors of the garden realm and keepers of the cacti and succulents.

Lettuce give peace a chance! Spinach and kale are also down for the green peace movement.

How we have victory in the garden Romaines to be seen.

 It getting hot out here, so take off all your cloves.

 California Love

Herb'n Legends

 At the top of the tower sits a gnome, who has a Rosemary canopy as his home.

Celosia is on fire around the bird bath.

 Kings and cabbages go back to compost, but good deeds stay green forever. - Rick DeMarinis

I hope you enjoyed our somewhat punny display of garden ornamentation we've been  working on.  A true victory garden is my hopes and dreams with this years garden. Green blessings to all!

P.S.  Look at the beautiful wood fence the Renaissance man and {M} built, in the background. Having a wood fence again connects this garden to the one we had back home in Cali.

School Is Still In Sessions

It's official Celestial Pines Sanctuary has become homeschool central. So far in our county school is closed till April 3rd and we are encouraged to stay at home. Surrounding counties and major metropolitan cities are on "shelter in place order." The Renaissance man works in one of these counties so we will see tonight if his job is considered essential.  Low tech and high tec options are available to my 3rd grader and highschool girls so we are staying on course with courses. I'm also continuing my hippie homestead schooling, skills will be gained and implemented.

~ POND LIFE STUDIES ~

The Bumper Book of Nature  by Stephan Moss is my favorite children's field guide we've explored since the kids were itty bitty. Let me take this opportunity to express my gratitude in the land we moved to. Sitting on our deck overlooking  our own pond to study is bliss, and we are blessed.

We have a variety of frogs and toads, both in the pond and in the woods. Some have huge red eyes and some emit a scared chirp then jump into the water when you walk upon them in surprise. The chorus at night is my sleep time lullaby.

This one's on trend with the camo. It's amazing how they coexsist with all the turtles and snakes swimming around. Imagine the ecosystem under the surface.

Spawn- Ob-La-Di  Ob-La-Da life goes own!

 Turtle families afloat. during the day they can be spotted on the banks basking in the sun. The dogs tend to scare them back into the water once they are quickly spotted.

RED EAR SLIDER  - ADULT

RED EAR SLIDER  - BABY




~ ART STUDIES ~

 {M} {L} & I created a few random clay pieces, keeping our hands and minds busy. Sculpting with clay is a calming therapeutic form of art I discovered I enjoy as well.

~ COOKING LESSONS ~

 {M} made chocolate cookies from scratch and found the recipe himself in a cookbook.


~ GARDENING ~

 Introduction to imperfect food grown at home. His expression is priceless.


~ HAMMOCK READING ~

 My hammock reading usually turns into hammock napping. I'm currently riding the Magic Bus with Paulo Coelho in his adventure Hippie.  Like my boots? It's a necessity because of snakes. Not one but two of my big dogs got bit because they wouldn't leave one alone. Glad the venom was non toxic, I never did get a look at the kind of snake that bite them.

 GYPSY'S bite site.

MANCHA's muzzle.

{M} enjoying Diary Of An Awesome Friendly Kid by Jeff Kinney. Gypsy's on guard looking out for snakes and teenage sisters!

Those are some of the activities going on around here. The girls are less apt to being photographed these days, go figure it's no problem if it's their phones and media.  Side note : Speaking of books I discovered an awesomely beautiful and amazing new library. Stay tuned for that post!

Sending love and light to all as we navigate life during Coronavirus.

And The People Stayed Home ~ Life In The Time Of Coronavirus

“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.

“And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.”

-Kitty O’Meara