Month: September 2016
269 :: Ruby Ellen Greenhouse
268 :: My Loves
This baby boy —
he is so active.
All day long
he moves.
Even when it’s nap time
or bed time,
he thrashes around
and bends and twists —
not wanting to give in
to stillness
and rest.
This papa —
he is so good at
being quiet
and focused
and still.
But
this papa + this boy
= love.
When I watch them
together
I see how
somehow
they are just right
for one another.
267 :: Seed Collecting
266 :: Walks with Friends
265 :: Autumn Arrives
Autumn officially begins tomorrow. And today I felt the season shifting. There was a change in the air. The sound of the birds. The scent of the evening garden.
Ellen wore her baby zucchini in the ergo on our morning walk. “My baby was born without legs or arms,” she informed me. “And it was a little green. But other than that, it is perfectly healthy!”
Maybe Uncle Chris can help us identify these mystery mushrooms?
One of my favorite parts of our homeschooling mornings is walking together. It’s such a simple thing. Walking outside calms Wallace; it grounds me in the day; and centers me with the girls. We take the same route most days and every morning we notice different details along the way: plants and creatures, mushrooms and moss, flowers and seed heads.
Walking in wild places is the simplest, clearest way for me to remember what is most essential.