Acorn Jewlery

One of the most beautiful finds in nature, to me, is the acorn. Acorns are so whimsical with those cute little caps and the crafting possibilities are endless with them! Don’t they make the most perfect little pocket to hold more of nature’s little treasures? READ MORE.........

Raindrop Hike

We went outside looking for raindrops this morning and loved how these little droplets of water hung to some of the plants. Our favorite was the Lady's Mantle, a single raindrop hung to each and every little notch of the leaf's edge. We were rhyming as we hunted for raindrops and came up with this silly little ditty.


Raindrops on the Lady's Mantle,

Raindrops on the Pine,

Raindrops on the Apple Blossoms doing just fine,

Raindrops on the Lamb's Ear,

Raindrops on the Seeds,

Raindrops on the Lilies,

But not on Me!

Monarch Watch and Planting Milkweed

We pulled out our seed box yesterday. It's full of envelopes stuffed with seeds from our gardens.

We had so much fun going through the box and seeing the gems we had saved in the fall.

Milkweed is the favorite, so we decided to plant these seeds first.

Separating the seeds from the fluff is fun, but you have to be quick or they could fly away.

We are planting a Monarch Waystation this year, our milkweed seeds are perfect for this. The waystation is a safe, organic place for the Monarch butterflies to lay their eggs. Milkweed is their host plant; the caterpillars will only eat milkweed.


Visit Monarch Watch to learn more about Monarchs, Monarch waystations and ways to protect this beautiful butterfly.

Chasing Dogbane

We have a field full of Dogbane. It's a wonderful plant with so many gifts to offer (I will expand on Dogbane in future posts). Spring is the time of year that it sends its seeds out into the world.

And chasing those seeds is a must!

The ladies catch the seeds by the bundles and admire their soft and fluffy parachutes.

They love to follow the seeds and see where they land.

And there is always time to make a silly Dogbane mustache!

We chase and play with this lovely seed until it is time for the little Dogbane seed to find it's place to sow!