AUTUMN
DECEMBER 2012

December 14, 2012

A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE

Day 14  . . .and a partridge in a pear tree

happy day!


December 13, 2012

AWAITING ADORNMENT

AWAITING ADORNMENT


Day 13 - Dec photo project

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December 12, 2012

BLUEJAYS

 Bluejays 

They were up high in the Sassafras tree early this morning.


Day 12  December photo challenge


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December 11, 2012

COLOR AND HAPPINESS

Being surrounded by COLOR makes me HAPPY

Day 11 - December Photo Challenge

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December 10, 2012

NAPPING

NAPPING

Juliet found a new spot.

Day 10 - December Photo Project

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December 9, 2012

PECANS

    My son in law's dad has a pecan tree in Louisiana.

Day 9 in the December Photo Project

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December 8, 2012

GOT 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.



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December 7, 2012

I SEE YOU

Day 7 - December Photo Project
I SEE YOU!

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December 6, 2012

BABY

Day 6 - December Photo Project
The BABY of the family


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December 5, 2012

A FAVORITE ORNAMENT

A FAVORITE ORNAMENT

painted by a friend years ago when we got our Haflingers.

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December 4, 2012

MR. ROOSTER

December Photo Project - Day 4

MR. ROOSTER
always keeping a watch on the hens.

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December 3, 2012

HAY HAPPY HAFLINGERS

December Photo Project - Day 3
 HAY HAPPY HAFLINGERS

More info on Haflingers here and here

                                                                    happy day!

December 2, 2012

TEXTURE



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 I have been set down? The texture of the world, its filigree and scrollwork, means that there is the possibility for beauty here, a beauty inexhaustible in its complexity, which opens to my knock, which answers in me a call I do not remember calling, and which trains me to the wild and extravagant nature of the spirit I seek.”
                                                                                                                      ~ Annie Dillard

                                                                      happy day!


December 1, 2012

DECEMBER PHOTO PROJECT - Day one


 A DUSTING OF SNOW
                                                     

                                                                    happy day !




RECYCLE A PUMPKIN - MAKE A SHELTER

The 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!

                                                HAPPY DAY!


October 30, 2012

CHICKENS 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 still growing strong!

Note to self: Plant a CHICKEN GARDEN next year with  collards, chards, kale, dandelions, clover and other greens!



                                      happy day!





"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!


October 14, 2012

NATURE ART

Nature 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. 

                                                                  artist - age 14 years

                                                                    artist - age 5.5 years

The most fun is exploring in the outdoors and collecting what you need.  I usually ask the children if they have an idea in mind before we go: a scene, a mandala , a creature or person , or a collage. That way they can look for the necessary shapes. Some children like to collect whatever they like and find the inspiration later.

Supplies needed: 
~ clear (or translucent) contact paper
~ scissors
~ marker
~ a circle shape if making a mandala. I use a dinner plate upside down to trace a circle
~ masking tape

If you are making a mandala, trace a circle onto the contact paper to use as a guide. You can also use a circle for a scene too.
Peel contact paper and place on table sticky side up. Use masking tape to anchor the corners.
Create your Nature Art!
Peel the same size (or a bit bigger) contact paper and very gently cover the creation so it is sandwiched in between. I like to start at the middle top and go down the middle pressing out to the edges.
You can leave it as is ( a square or rectangle) or cut the circle out.
Hang in a sunny or light-filled window.
enJOY!
                                                     

                                                       AUTUMN 2012
                                           GALLERY of NATURE ART 

Ages 5.5 - 7

                                                     A man

                                                 Friends

                                             A Puppy     

                                            Butterfly collage

                                                                        Creature

                                                                      Girl

                                                                     mandala

 Ages 7-10











                                                           
      
     Ages 10-15











                                        Perhaps YOU would like to try Nature Art !      
                                        When you do, please share. I would love to see it!
                                           
                                                  happy day, happy creating!