Beauty

I love this picture. I think this is what a mallorn tree would look like if they existed.

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Snaps of Summer

A gallery of photos from the past month or so… The last three were taken this morning before church. It was a lovely Sunday.

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Flower Language II

Here is part two of our flower language study (part one). I can’t imagine that a truly indifferent person would bother buying candytuft to express it. Oh well, I’m just the messenger.
 
Allspice- compassion
Amaryllis- pride
Angelica- inspiration
Bay leaves- strength and glory
Begonia- beware
Bittersweet- truth
Borage- courage
Burnet- a merry heart
Cactus- endurance
Camellia- admiration
Candytuft- indifference
Cattail- prosperity
Cyclamen- goodbye
Dandelion- happiness
Eucalyptus- protection
Flax- domesticity
Forget-me-not- [...]

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Tractors, anemones, etc.

Day one of my summer occupation: Operating on a good four hours of sleep, I spent the better part of the day ripping sod out of the earth, driving a tractor, covering myself in paint, burning to a crisp and loving every minute of it!

-my favorite toy of the day, closely followed by an amazing, [...]

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Our Life

(through pictures)
After I came home from working with my mother, the siblings and I spent a good 45 minutes running through puddles in the evening thunderstorm. Then we adjoined to the living room for tea and to watch the brilliant finale. There’s nothing like a good storm… I took some decent pictures before I was [...]

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The Garden II

Little growing things are finally pushing their way out of soil and twig in the garden! It is a bittersweet occasion as this will be the last time I watch these early risers appear. It is some consolation that our supposed new home has a satisfactory quantity of French Lilacs, evergreens, various deciduous trees and [...]

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Flower Language

Flowers and language -that pretty much sums up my favorites, so I was thrilled when my mother read us the history of flower languages when I was home schooled in 7th grade. As I remember, sending messages through a bouquet became most popular during the Victorian age. Through carefully chosen combinations of foliage and bloom [...]

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The Garden

This is what I’ve been doing this summer other than wandering around the globe… I absolutely love digging around in the soil and helping things grow! Gardening was one of the first activities done on earth, and one of the best, I believe. This year I added several hosta, coleus, astilbe, moonflowers, lilies, [...]

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