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Spring came early to Indiana this year! We observed spring ephemeral wildflowers, the return of migrating birds, and morel mushrooms growing all between 5-12 days earlier than last year. This week has been kind of a motivational lull for me so it was therapeutic to work on my nature journal #phenologywheel — and joy-filling to recount the stories of togetherness with my kids and husband (and beloved dog) encountering everything I have documented here.⁣ ⁣ Also ... Wendell Berry has been ringing in my head a lot this month:⁣ ⁣ When despair for the world grows in me⁣ and I wake in the night at the least sound⁣ in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,⁣ I go and lie down where the wood drake⁣ rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.⁣ I come into the peace of wild things⁣ who do not tax their lives with forethought⁣ of grief. I come into the presence of still water.⁣ And I feel above me the day-blind stars⁣ waiting with their light. For a time⁣ I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.⁣ ⁣ ----------⁣ ⁣ For all my new followers -- I have a stories highlight as well as an entire blog post on phenology wheels and nature journaling. I explain how I create this, what resources I use, and where I get the data, as well as point you in the direction of others who create these. Let me know if you have any questions! Happy to chat any time.

Fanatical. Obsessive. Bonkers. That pretty much sums up how I feel about this collection of books! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ My kids and I love pouring over books like this, learning every random detail we can about the animal kingdom. Like how a shark can go through 30,000 teeth in its lifetime. Or how snow leopards have the longest tail of any cat compared to their overall size. Or how a howler monkey is one of the loudest animals in the world. Or how anything an octopus eats passes directly through their brains on the way to their stomachs! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And speaking of octopuses, the 6th book in this series (Obsessive About Octopuses) from @owendaveydraws releases next week on April 7th! Thank you to @flyingeyebooks for providing us with a sneak peek. This is a perfect new addition to any already stellar series. The text and illustrations pair together brilliantly for a playful and engaging read that you’ll want to revisit over and over.⁣ ⁣ Check out my stories today for an inside peek!

There isn’t much gap between maple syrup season and morel mushroom season here in Indiana! ⁣ ⁣ We are quite excited for the haul today, and it’s fun to see the kids are getting better and better at spotting them each year. ⁣ ⁣ Any other foragers out there finding these yet?

As far as children’s books go, is there anything more frightening than the image of Mr. McGregor’s foot about to stomp on poor little Peter Rabbit? I appreciate that Beatrix Potter shied away from nothing!⁣ ⁣ We celebrated the glory of vegetable gardens along with this Tale with @ayearof_learning — which we haven’t done in a couple months so revisiting this curriculum has been like a warm hug. ⁣ ⁣ And boy are we taking things sloooooooooow lately. The original plan was to do three Tales in March but you know — some things have happened. So we have only done this one. And since Spring is here we have been spending more time outside and less time at the table or on screens anyway. ⁣ ⁣ Now to actually get our act together and get our vegetable garden going...⁣ ⁣ ——⁣ ⁣ 🐇 Anatomy of a Rabbit from @ayearof_learning ⁣ ⁣ 🥕Reminder I have free vegetables and fruits 3-part cards on my website!⁣ ⁣ 🥬Open books: Nature Anatomy and Farm Anatomy⁣ ⁣ 🧅Garden Tools cards from @greenurbancreative

Gratitude is additive, not competitive. I would like to share what I am grateful for right now, as a means to sort of express a part of the wide range of emotions I am (and I am guessing you are) feeling at the present moment. But I want to say outright: I do not want my gratitude to come across as me thinking my life is better than yours. It is not. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I am grateful that I am a mom. I love being a mom. And the truth is: there have been seasons of my life where saying that was next to impossible. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Yes, motherhood is work and turmoil and fear and annoyance and insecurity and sleeplessness. But it is never just one of those things. Just as a human is never solely one thing -- if all of us were cast in a movie based on our worst failings, we would all be the villain. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And so yes, it's hard and I've failed at it. Many times. But I'm not defined by the failures.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ A lot of times the bright and beautiful moments shine through. Love wins. And we see it. And feel it. We are together basking in the sun. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And today, I'm taking a moment to say I'm grateful for it. I'm grateful for my kids and that I get to be their mama. I'm grateful for their life full of play and adventure. For this wild woodland home. For our life where school feels nothing like school. And for the ability to sneak chocolate from my secret stash, even before breakfast.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What are you grateful for today? I would love to hear some positivity in the grim storm we are living in.⁣ ⁣ 📷: @timstreetphoto

Cardboard Easter Eggs!⁣ ⁣ I shared in my last post how we needed to revamp our traditional wooden egg painting project since I’m trying not to buy anything. Instead I’m using what we already have around for craft ideas. And so... enter: cardboard. ⁣ ⁣ I originally thought the kids would want to glue stuff on top on these but they both decided they like them as-is. ⁣ ⁣ Also — I think this is the first time I’ve shared a picture from our well-loved craft table, but we basically live here.⁣ ⁣ Anyone else think of some different kinds of Easter crafts? I think we will still dye hard boiled eggs this year — maybe just a few though. And I don’t think I’m going to make natural food dye this year since I’d rather us eat the food than use it for a craft!

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