tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63585121009090115492023-11-20T19:26:38.580-05:00CHILD IN HARMONYmarciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.comBlogger500125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-71350333184755474142012-12-14T16:24:00.000-05:002012-12-14T16:24:12.690-05:00A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE
Day 14 . . .and a partridge in a pear tree
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-5405322486795317792012-12-13T16:49:00.004-05:002012-12-13T16:49:42.916-05:00AWAITING ADORNMENT
AWAITING ADORNMENT
Day 13 - Dec photo project
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-44836647847863735512012-12-12T16:25:00.001-05:002012-12-12T16:25:16.692-05:00BLUEJAYS
Bluejays
They were up high in the Sassafras tree early this morning.
Day 12 December photo challenge
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-32468119973336887212012-12-11T17:23:00.001-05:002012-12-11T17:23:29.372-05:00COLOR AND HAPPINESS
Being surrounded by COLOR makes me HAPPY
Day 11 - December Photo Challenge
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-9717878699818911702012-12-10T13:57:00.001-05:002012-12-10T13:57:59.437-05:00NAPPING
NAPPING
Juliet found a new spot.
Day 10 - December Photo Project
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-6085162386215065062012-12-09T14:38:00.002-05:002012-12-09T14:38:37.073-05:00PECANS
My son in law's dad has a pecan tree in Louisiana.
Day 9 in the December Photo Project
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-32262428557592801232012-12-08T12:40:00.001-05:002012-12-08T12:40:44.559-05:00GOT TREATS?
GOT TREATS?
Every day they come up the deck stairs and look in the sliding door hoping I will have treats for them. Today it was black oil sunflower seeds.
Day 8 - December Photo Project
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-15437478271715681052012-12-07T13:55:00.002-05:002012-12-08T12:41:10.765-05:00I SEE YOU
Day 7 - December Photo Project
I SEE YOU!
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-76014622656540627972012-12-06T17:19:00.001-05:002012-12-06T17:19:34.771-05:00BABY
Day 6 - December Photo Project
The BABY of the family
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-71783756695993519592012-12-05T16:54:00.002-05:002012-12-05T16:54:27.887-05:00A FAVORITE ORNAMENT
Day 5- December Photo Project
A FAVORITE ORNAMENT
painted by a friend years ago when we got our Haflingers.
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-57839965196556701842012-12-04T17:13:00.000-05:002012-12-08T12:41:26.324-05:00MR. ROOSTER
December Photo Project - Day 4
MR. ROOSTER
always keeping a watch on the hens.
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-68415361438227493912012-12-03T17:09:00.000-05:002012-12-08T12:41:50.078-05:00HAY HAPPY HAFLINGERS
December Photo Project - Day 3
HAY HAPPY HAFLINGERS
More info on Haflingers here and here
happy day!marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-64641921460343760842012-12-02T14:05:00.000-05:002012-12-02T14:05:34.992-05:00TEXTURE
December Photo Project - Day 2
TEXTURE
“What do I make of all this texture? What does it mean about the kind of world in which Imarciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-85908462979626932022012-12-01T17:22:00.000-05:002012-12-01T17:22:06.784-05:00DECEMBER PHOTO PROJECT - Day one
A DUSTING OF SNOW
 marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-47964312399549856492012-12-01T11:07:00.000-05:002012-12-01T11:14:27.044-05:00RECYCLE A PUMPKIN - MAKE A SHELTERThe children smashed pumpkins yesterday for the chickens. The largest pumpkin didn't break too much so we cut a *door* in the front and placed it in the garden as a shelter for the birds or any other creature.
Just another form of reusing and recycling!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-21514645357226261652012-10-30T14:17:00.002-04:002012-10-30T14:17:41.349-04:00CHICKENS IN THE GARDEN
The chickens await late October when I open the garden gate. They do a fantastic job of tilling the soil and eating the fallen harvest.
There are only allowed in for a short time, otherwise they will scratch down deep and find all the beneficials who are readying for their winter slumber.
It seems they thoroughly enjoyed the collard and chard that were marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-15981272769832137952012-10-30T13:27:00.000-04:002012-10-30T13:33:04.059-04:00
"The wild gander leads his flock through
the cool night,
Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an
invitation:
The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listen closer,
I
find its purpose and place up there toward the November
sky."
- Walt Whitman,
Leaves of Grass, 1855, I Celebrate Myself, Line
238
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-77366299323532254672012-10-14T17:48:00.000-04:002012-10-14T17:48:29.447-04:00NATURE ARTNature Art is something that can be done in all seasons, in all places with all ages. Just use what is in your area. We are in New England and love to make Nature Art with the greening of the earth in spring and the changing of colors in autumn.
&marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-65299952364486163282012-10-08T09:31:00.001-04:002012-10-08T09:31:42.511-04:00SPIDER
We found a spider on the outside of the window.
It's a Black and Yellow Argiope, a COMMON ORB WEB SPIDER.
Look closely and you will see TWO webs. The female makes the big circular web and the male makes the zig zag web.
We have also found these spiders among our grasses this summer. I love their coloring.
What kinds of spiders have you seen in your area?
happy day!
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-58159522508994256132012-03-19T09:13:00.001-04:002012-03-19T09:13:55.863-04:00WORDSA quote for Monday. . .
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-64100932660719151252012-03-18T16:53:00.000-04:002012-03-18T16:53:06.640-04:00YOU KNOW IT'S SPRINGTIME WHEN. . .
The mallards are back at our pond . . .
The Vinca blooms. . .
The turtles bask in the sun . . .
The daffodils grow taller . . .
The Phoebe sings atop the Hemlock tree . . .
The Pussy Willows emerge . . .
The Lilies poke through the earth. . .
marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-85536447497973516822012-03-17T16:51:00.000-04:002012-03-18T16:51:51.177-04:00NEST HELPERHave you made a NEST HELPER for the bird's yet? It's not too late!
We recycled chicken wire this year, cut it into squares and formed different shapes.
Next we went on a nature walk and collected dried grasses, feathers, leaves, small twigs and pine needles. We also added angora rabbit fur, horse hair, and two inch pieces of yarn.
We attached a longer string to hang marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-75966448535251537952011-11-23T12:35:00.001-05:002011-11-23T12:51:16.216-05:00STUMP ARTI brought a stump inside for the children at my Nest. I didn't have a real purpose in mind, but I thought perhaps they would use it to *cook* on or use with the assorted animals.
Instead, they had other plans.
It became a canvas for colored chalk.
I was taken by surprise when I first saw it and gasped inwardly. But what's the big deal! It's only chalk. And the stump marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-72897468290401361352011-10-31T10:11:00.002-04:002011-10-31T10:11:31.888-04:00WORDS
Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison’d entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights hast thirty one
Swelter’d venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123606108378816441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358512100909011549.post-61383090861562272812011-10-07T18:38:00.000-04:002011-10-08T18:46:03.147-04:00A MOMENT
A moment that touches my heart.
Inspiration from Soulemama
happy day!
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