tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76939960879095165762023-11-17T16:49:30.931-08:00Just UsLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-13661633298766586122020-07-05T12:43:00.000-07:002020-07-05T12:43:10.946-07:00Garden Therapy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well there is not a whole lot of good I can say about a global pandemic except that staying home made us re-focus. In this time of re-focus and slowing down I have had time to invest in one of my favorite hobbies-gardening. Over the years I have always gardened but this year we really went BIG. (Well BIG for us anyway). We added in two new garden boxes and a lot of new plants. So join me on a tour of our garden oasis.</div>
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Our first stop is going to take us back to the mid 1700's! This little garden has lived for years in my head and has come to life this year. Several years ago we visited a living history museum called <a href="https://www.strawberybanke.org/garden.cfm">Strawberry Bank</a> in NH. The museum featured several homes and buildings from early colonial days. However, it was not the buildings that captured my heart--it was the gardens. Beautiful, magical and so full and colorful I loved them. Each garden featured plants that would have been typical of a certain time period. </div>
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Back in April when we were stuck at home a lot, I went to the Strawberry Bank website to research plants. I found the jackpot. They had pdf files of the gardens and plants in them! I was so excited. I carefully looked through all the time period gardens and decided. The mid 1700's style garden had the most flowers that I liked. It was an interesting time for colonial gardens as they were starting to expand into gardening for fun instead of just survival. So here is our mid 1700's style garden. It is small- a mere four by four foot square but a start nevertheless. We have planted cosmos, sweet annie, yarrow, bee balm, and larkspur. </div>
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The next stop in our garden tour is what we call THE HILL. We have a very steep hill right in front of our deck area. It is hard to mow. It is hard to weed whack. We are slowly turning it into a terraced garden. Ean is my gardening partner and he put in this new garden this year. He terraced it with old tires and rocks. He made a lupine section with red, pink, yellow, rainbow, orange and blue. He also added in rudbeckia and echinecea . The tires are planted with cucumbers (we planted 4 varieties this year) and moonwalker and pro-cut orange sunflowers. We also have a tire with pumpkins and watermelon as well. </div>
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Next we will visit the milkweed patch. Years ago we fell in love with monarch butterflies. As we delved into the life of the monarch we decided to help preserve them by becoming an unofficial way station. We have dedicated a portion of our garden to milkweed. Last year we saw about 40 monarchs start their life in our patch and make their way on. This year we are hoping for more. So far no monarchs this year but plenty of hummingbird moths and swallowtails. </div>
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Just up from the milkweed patch you will find our newest garden bed. It is a 4 x 12 foot box. We filled with manure and loam and planted carrots, green beans and cukes. Next year we hope to add two more like this. At our old house we gardened at ground level--this place is ledge and so very rocky-this is really the best way to garden.</div>
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Accross the way from the new garden box is one of our original garden boxes. This one was made with scrap wood we had laying around. Here we planted snow peas and cukes. Along the edge Ean planted his dusty miller. Dusty miller is used as foliage in cut flower arrangements. </div>
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Just passed the snow pea box we have the grape arbor. The grapes on the right were planted from seed from grapes Ean foraged in the woods. The grapes on the left were a store bought plant. Looks like this year we will hopefully have our first grapes! The grape arbor is flanked by two smaller boxes. This year the box on the right has lettuce and cukes. The one on the left has cukes and nasturtiums. </div>
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Moving along from the arbor is the bathtub. When we first moved here we found the old tub in the woods. It is huge and heavy. We moved it by rolling it on top of small logs--a painstakingly long task. Now it is filled with dirt and flowers and several succulents. I do love succulents. I am not sure why but I find myself collecting more and more of them. </div>
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and speaking of succulents...check this one out!</div>
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Not far form the bathtub you will find another garden box. This is also one of our first boxes. This year it has cukes, peppers, onions and several tomato volunteers. </div>
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Next to the box are Ean's potato tires. A neat way to grow taters. We have never done it before but the theory is you start with one tire and your plant. As the plant grows you add tires and dirt. Once the taters are ready you disassemble and dig out your potatoes. </div>
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Across the way from the tater tires is Ean's corn patch. He is super excited this year-it is the first year his corn is "knee high by July."</div>
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And this is Ean's zinnia patch and cut flower patch. Even though Commonground Fair/YEZ have been canceled he is using this year to practice his skills. </div>
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The cut flower patch has daisies, snap dragons and straw flowers. There are also chives and a salvia in there. </div>
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I did my tomatoes in pots this year. It was the best decision I made. The crazy weather this spring gave me the freedom to bring these in the house when it was frosty and move them out of the blistering sun. (It was one extreme or the other this spring--wild late snow, followed by intense heat, followed by more frosts)</div>
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The last stop on our garden tour is my back porch. I am slowly turning it into a garden oasis. My two key pieces are this pot of johnny jump ups. I just love them. Do you see the faces peeking out?</div>
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My second back porch piece is ...you guessed it a succulent garden. I re-purposed an old bird bath and voila!</div>
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I hope you have enjoyed your garden tour. This hobby has kept me content during these crazy times. I find peace here...in the solitude of just getting my hands dirty and helping things grow....</div>
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-2944132996335759902020-06-30T16:33:00.002-07:002020-06-30T16:36:38.814-07:00Changing FocusExploring right outside our door is what we do best. However these last few years have gotten crazy. Slowly crazy, so we did not notice how far away we had traveled from exploring right here. Then a pandemic hit and everything shut down. So now we breathe. We explore right here. <br />
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We love finding baby turtles in our pond!</div>
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As we prepare to step into a new year I have looked back to the last year---so many changes -losses and gains, tears and laughter, times of rest and times of insanity so intense I wished for just a second to breathe--and even to stop time --especially as I watch my boys grow into young men. I am in a space of missing the babies I held and being so proud and amazed by the young men who surround me.<br />
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We have worked hard on our house this year. We installed a chimney and wood stove on our first floor and the boys ripped off our rotting deck and replaced it with crushed rock. We also got our pool up and running. We finished some yard projects like removing our last patch of juniper and building a dock in the pond.<br />
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We adventured and explored new places and visited old favorites. Ean and Ben bought kayaks this year and we have loved exploring local lakes and ponds with them.<br />
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We also said goodbye to some of our most precious fur babies. Tiger, our beautiful fat orange cat, Honey, our sweet mini rex bunny, Pumpkin our pretty girl bunny, and three of our precious rabbits we raised from birth: Rex, Jake, and Hyzenthlay. We also welcomed new fur babies (feather babies) a few chickens, ducks and a guinea pig named Elliot.</div>
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Gabe has pursued his interest in horsemanship further and is currently learning how to train horses. He has also become a pretty amazing pyrography artist (wood burning). Wisler loves soccer and had a great year scoring 23 goals in about eleven games. Wisler has been working hard at his dream of riding bareback. Jaden has continues to love video games especially when he gets to play with his favorite people-brothers and cousin Jeremie. Jaden went away to camp for ten days to participate in Christian Youth In Action and loved it. Ean has spent this year really growing as a fiddler and flower farmer. He loves his fiddle tunes and now plays regularly at a monthly contra- dance. He also successfully grew and sold his own flowers for Youth Enterprise Zone at the Common Ground fair this year and is already planning next years garden. Ben --our fireball of a caboose loves his Halo legos and spends hours making movies and drawing movie scenes for Halo. The rest of the time he spends chasing ducks and chickens, snuggling his guinea pig Elliot and tromping through the woods.</div>
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Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-27058668508739234552016-05-23T17:23:00.000-07:002016-05-23T17:24:56.241-07:00The Scent of Lilacs The scent of lilacs lures me outside, it beckons me to lose myself in the beauty that is spring. Despite the swarms of black flies, I venture out seeking peace and solace. Our new home is different now in so many ways. Winter has finally released her icy grip and spring has blossomed seemingly overnight. As we travel through our year each season brings new challenges and surprises. And yet every morning I wake and look outside, every evening I watch the stars and listen to the barred owl, the spring peepers and crickets--I am in awe of this place and that I get to live here. So tonight as the sun set behind the hill and the lilacs beckoned, I walked our yard and new neighborhood exploring with my camera and found photo treasures to share...<br />
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-88611065138203274102016-03-05T16:50:00.002-08:002016-03-05T16:50:53.714-08:00The CreekOur favorite place to explore and play at our new home---the creek. In any weather it is an endless source of fascination, exploration and surprise. We go down to the creek, which winds its way along the border of our property, everyday. We have only been here three months, but the weather in Maine has been crazy so we have had ample opportunity to observe the creek in diverse weather. Some mornings it roars like a train, some mornings its quiet trickle can barely be heard above the sound of the wind in the trees and other mornings the ice muffles the gurgling unless you are standing quietly and very close. <div>
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Almost frozen the creek's black line slithers through the snow and the forest, meandering under, over, in between... disappearing under tunnels of snow.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Raging after torrential rain it overflows its banks roaring through the forest like a raging beast sweeping ice chunks, leaves and branches away on a rollercoaster of waterfalls and twisting turns.<br />
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And then there are quiet days of slow melting and icy nights of re-freezing. The freeze and thaw creating ice sculptures, hidden caverns with stalactites and stalagmites and chasms of prickly ice crystals, ice frozen in bubbled forms of slippery smooth waterfalls, delicate bridges of ice crystals tentatively reach out their thorny arms to cross over the raging waters below...<br />
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Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-67353017510036669452015-07-07T07:34:00.002-07:002015-07-07T07:47:32.071-07:00what happens when 17 first cousins get together?I'll bet you are curious. These last few weeks we have been blessed to have Brian's brother Kevin and his wife Katie and their seven kids visit us from Okinawa. We only see them every three years so you can imagine we have three years worth of fun and getting to know each other to catch up on. Here is a glimpse of some of the crazy fun going on...<br />
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-27632477533658524872015-04-22T18:55:00.000-07:002015-04-22T18:55:06.763-07:00A Difference of 6 months...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Last Fall we hiked Bradbury Mountain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> Enjoying the beauty of fall.</span></div>
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<br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">And today...almost 6 months later almost to the day (Wisler came home November 24th)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">we hiked Bradbury again....</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">only this time </span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">I have a pack of </span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">FIVE!!!</span></div>
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My boys six months later finally together</div>
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-53490476788170760782015-02-28T15:46:00.001-08:002015-02-28T15:46:21.496-08:00The Power of A Super SnowsuitBen, last year and this year has not been sold out on cross country skiing like the rest of us. He is little (only four) and the combination of battling the cold and trying to coordinate the ski thing is a bit much...so he looks like this most of the time...<br />
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-25414536043554624712015-01-18T17:32:00.000-08:002015-01-18T17:32:03.237-08:00Determined<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-53408050656537375632015-01-18T17:21:00.002-08:002015-01-18T18:16:38.654-08:00Some December Firsts...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> First Christmas as a Family of Seven</span><br />
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Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-23727134374364873792015-01-05T04:02:00.001-08:002015-01-05T04:14:23.942-08:002014 Year in Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I looked back through my blog I noticed that 2014 only had three posts. Wow. It was one of those years where I was so busy living life there was no time to write our life. This year was truly a year of polar opposites-- searing pain and intense joy shadowed our life this year. Pain that I was not sure I wanted to share in a blog--pain that leaves me vulnerable in a way I have never been. Pain that we are still living and working through but that I feel ready to share. </span><br />
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navigating Jaden's eye surgery. This was a hugely scary event for us as parents. Jaden has amblyopia--a
condition where one eye has perfect vision and the other is really bad. The
discrepancy between the eyes causes the brain so much confusion that it
"turns off" the messages from the bad eye. So Jaden was
only seeing with one eye. The surgery corrected the "crossing". I was
so proud of how brave he was not only during the surgery but the weeks
following --recovery was HARD. He struggled with motion sickness and a constant
feeling of "sand in his eyes". The first few days he could not see at
all. Jaden has been in eye therapy both before his surgery and after--to
strengthen his eye and to retrain his brain to USE both eyes. He is still in
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Summer found us helping my parents renovate the house I grew up in. Tragedy soon reared its ugly head. I was the only one present, the only witness when my dad accidentally amputated 3.5 fingers with a radial arm saw. The day --the moment was a nightmare. The sound of a saw triggers flashbacks and panic even now. I pray daily for God to take away the memory--to heal me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This moment was the "straw that broke the camel's back" in regards to my Dad's health. This moment coupled with mental health issues has led our family down a deeply painful road, a road we are still trudging through. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, there has been so much joy. In the midst of this pain my brother and I have found a new level of trust and camaraderie. He and I spent most of our summer working construction for my parents--time we spent working, talking and healing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: start;">One of my greatest prayers for our family was to find a church home. We have attended a local church but have never felt like we were home. In the midst of tragedy God found us a church home. We did not find it in any way I would ever have imagined. We actually found this church home because we thought we were moving to the house in Greene- The house my family built together as I grew up. We thought we were moving to a big house in the country. So we stepped out and went to check out this small church. The move to the </span>Lepage<span style="text-align: start;"> country home fell apart but in the midst of that loss we had gained something of greater value. Our family found a church home where we finally truly feel HOME. We love our new church family and are looking forward to the years ahead growing together in Christ. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lastly, our greatest joy has been welcoming home our son Wisler--finally after four and a half years of waiting he came home November 24th. The time leading up to my departure for Haiti was fraught with unknowns--really up until the afternoon before I left for Logan airport. However, once I stepped on that plane the path seemed to straighten--the crooked was made straight and suddenly I could see the finish line. Wisler was coming home! Our time in Haiti was lovely. I arrived on Thursday. Friday we picked up our packets from the embassy sans any issues. Saturday we had a wonderful day at Visa Lodge. Sunday was church and good-bye party. Monday we left for home. I loved his giggles of glee while flying and seeing our car for the first time. I loved his exclamations of disbelief as he watched the lights of Boston fade and the darkness of the night lulled him to sleep. I loved seeing him hop out of the car when we pulled in and his joy at seeing the house was REAL. His brothers in Maine were REAL. His bed and dresser--yup REAL. He giggled in pure delight at the warm shower. My heart was so relieved to finally tuck in FIVE boys. Now we have a new joy. Joy of learning to live as a new family of seven. A joy that stems from hearing boys giggle over silly boy things. A joy that comes from watching this little boy-child unfold himself ever so slowly to love. His petals tentatively trusting this new warmth. Unfolding that causes him pain --pain he invites us to share with a shy look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: center;">2014 was full of surprises that I never even imagined. 2015. I do not even know what to think. After this year I cannot even guess what the year might hold. What I do know--God is with us every step of the way and every day with the people I love is a precious gift. </span>
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-589059474975125642014-01-01T08:50:00.001-08:002014-01-01T08:53:21.529-08:00Johnson Year in Review 2013<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px;">So we were able to tell Wisler that he was o</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px;">fficially adopted and his new name was Wisler Johnson. He was so tickled and happy. In August we received our official court documents. In September we received our provisional approval from USCIS. So many steps forward—we celebrated—but honestly my heart broke this Christmas when I pulled out a Christmas stocking for Wisler knowing he wouldn’t be home this year—I broke. We still need a passport and visa. February 2014 will make four years since we started this process. Our hope for 2014 is that Wisler will finally join us. We are excited for the coming new year –to unwrap the gifts it has to bring—we are hopeful for so many things and thankful for every moment… Wishing you and your family and very Happy New Year.</span></div>
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Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-77385785733002211132013-09-20T17:53:00.000-07:002013-09-22T10:07:00.772-07:00A Hiking Moment I Have Been Waiting For...I love hiking. I got my first taste as a teenager we would go for spontaneous "walks" up random trails off the Kancamagus highway. We were never "prepared"-- no backpacks or water--just my parents, brother a warm sweatshirt and a camera. We were never gone on the trails for more than a couple hours--but a blissful few hours it was for me. The crisp mountain air and breathtaking views were balm to my soul. Hiking seeped into my blood and I never stopped. Living in Washington state for three years, I took those hikes to the next level--purchased some equipment and went backwoods hiking and camping with a good friend. We went almost every weekend. Then I met my husband who was not as passionate about hiking but was willing to tolerate it for my sake. So we went hiking as much as I could convince him to go. Then we moved back to Maine--and still we hiked. Then we had kids. (car breaks screeching) How does one take littles hiking? How do I drag my sleep deprived body out to battle the elements and be more uncomfortable? It was quite a learning curve.<br />
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We made this discovery on our annual Acadia National Park camping trip. (Several years ago we decided that every September we would camp at Acadia--this is our third year!) Typically we plan one big hike for day one and a day at the shore for day two. Our first two years we hiked Jordan Pond which is described as a moderate hike with some rock hopping. The hike takes you around Jordan Pond which is a little over three miles. This year we wanted to try a summit. So we planned a route that would take us up North Bubble (872ft) , over to Conner's Nubble (588ft), then down to Eagle Lake and back to the parking lot-- a total of 3.9 miles. The summits were not terribly high, but the trail up for at least half the time was hands and knees climbing. The views-- well I will let the pictures tell that story. And Ben--our two year old blew us all away with his endurance and enthusiasm. He climbed those rocks, walked those trails, ohhed and ahhed over the views...and didn't ask to be up in the pack till the last mile. (Once in the pack he fell asleep within minutes). I was and still am so excited. I see a future of independent, enthusiastic hikers. For this hike I caught a glimpse of what it will be like. And finally all those years of training these guys and HARD hiking (and by HARD I do not mean hard trails) are paying off. Now do not misunderstand I have loved my boys' little guy years--and still do --I have loved the training--the muscle building, the team building, the family building that happens on the trail but I am also excited for the years ahead of back country hiking and camping.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagle Lake</td></tr>
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-2121424636999953862013-08-12T16:09:00.000-07:002013-08-12T16:09:23.893-07:00It's August ...And summer has finally arrived...If you visited my last post over at <a href="http://gandjlegocreations.blogspot.com/">Lego Creation</a>s you know it has been a RAINY summer. This is hard especially when our summer is already so short--BUT August has been beautiful! We have been soaking every minute of it. One of the new adventures we have embarked upon this summer is purchasing a Maine State Park Pass. The pass is seventy dollars and gets all of us into a bookful of state parks. I say bookful because the pass comes with a "passport" book. Each page of the book gives a brief description of the park and has a stamp spot. Each location has a passport station with a special stamp to put in your stamp spot. Needless to say the kids love getting stamps and exploring new parks. Some of the parks included in the book have geocache sites as well--and these geocache sites also have a special stamp you can imprint in your book. At the risk of sounding cliche --it really is a fun family adventure. So far we have visited Range Pond (who hasn't?),<br />
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We have plans to visit several more before Columbus Day weekend which is when most of the parks close for the season. Stay tuned for more on our summer tour of the state parks!<br />
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-5408769050148059702013-05-14T13:26:00.000-07:002013-05-14T13:26:29.911-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was so sweet--her girls, my boys--getting to know each other. Of course Amiee's girls at nine months will hardly remember--but it is the beginning of knowing each other. My boys (all older except Ben) will remember. This first meeting an early imprint of friendship.<br />
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Of course being the good homeschooling mom that I am we did get one book out form the library on the Ukraine so we could learn more about the country that "invented" Pysanky. We also watched a few youtube videoes on the history of pysanky as well as an excellent "how to" video. The it was time to dye eggs! We had a blast and have decided we are going to date these and save them and do more every year....what a great idea (we'll see if it happens or it the eggs survive). Oh and Gabe and Jaden took almost all the egg dying action shots!<br />
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we are back to enjoying Winter. Some bad bouts with stomach bug followed up with the fever/congestion nastiness that was floating around put us out of commission for the last month. Then the incredibly freezing temperatures chased us into hiding in warm corners. But today we are BACK. We got powder sugar snow last night--and this morning the sun was shining with NO WIND (therefore 20 degrees felt warm) so this meant of course that the woods were calling my soul. We ditched school. We bundled up and headed out the door to Mt. Apatite. We were the only ones there and it was perfect and beautiful and my heart sang celebrating winter. Anyway this was our morning hike--<br />
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-3110401414647197952012-12-17T17:46:00.001-08:002012-12-17T17:46:10.458-08:00Celebrating Cold, Snowy Weeks...and a new AHA momentThis looks like its going to be a long snowy, stormy week. I love weeks like this--but they can get exhausting. Along with hours of snow play we need hours of interesting inside play (besides the usual legos, reading, board games and general toy playing) I was inspired this morning by a bag of white foamy things my mom acquired for us. I have no idea what their real purpose is only that when I looked at them this morning I suddenly thought "IGLOO!" Of course I added an educational aspect to it--we researched igloos and how they are really made. We found <a href="http://www.wxedge.com/articles/20120227the_igloo_-_an_arctic_home">this</a> awesome article which included a video. The kids were inspired and what was a bag of white foamy things turned into three cute little igloos.<br />
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ok so they had their fun crafty moment this morning I had mine (although they did help) on Sunday. I gave an Apparent Project presentation at a beautiful home several weeks ago. As I pulled up I noticed they had ice lanterns lining the walkway to their house--it was gorgeous and I wanted to do it too (of course--I have a thing for candle light in the winter). They were easy to make --I used a bucket then found a container slightly smaller than the bucket. I put rocks in the smaller container (keep it from floating) and placed in in the larger bucket. I then filled the larger bucket about half way with water. Then I put leaves, bark, dead flowers, pine cones, acorns, pine tree branches--any pieces of nature we could find --and put them in the water. I left them outside in the shade of our house till Sunday when they were frozen solid. I brought them in the house and ran warm water to loosen them (Note here make sure the inner container has smooth sides--no ridges. My inner containers had ridges so the ridge got hung up on the ice and was hard to remove) And Voila....<br />
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And now for the AHA moment: With the help of a <a href="http://ereadergirl.com/">free kindle book</a> <i>Book Love: Help Your Child Grown form Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader by Melissa Taylor </i> I made a simple tool to help Jaden read better. Jaden has a pluthera of eye issues--the worst of which is ambliopia (sp?) and with that comes eye muscle problems. Now that most of his major vision issues are really corrected by his glasses and he seems "more used to" his glasses his other eye issues are rearing their heads. Anyway I made him a reading tracker--now the book recommends buying one <a href="http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/product/productDet.jsp?productItemID=1%2C689%2C949%2C371%2C899%2C872&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181113&bmUID=1355753176202">here</a> BUT for the price I decided I could easily make my own with a couple index cards and clear packing tape. Enough said. I made one. He used it and voila problem solved. Frustration level for him: eliminated!!!!<br />
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<br />Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03930659403169230736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693996087909516576.post-72817812999860558902012-12-13T04:20:00.003-08:002012-12-13T04:22:03.974-08:00Two Passions Become One<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"> ... but </span><span style="text-align: start;">the dwindling of that Late Fall almost Winter feel....I love THAT light. Today I went searching for it. I found it secretly bathing trees and caressing the dead finger tips of golden rod, beckoning gently to the last of the milk weed seeds...</span></div>
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