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Comment on Lilac season by Penny in VT

Penny in VT — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:38:04 +0000

Beautiful shots, I especially like the last one. Enjoy them as long as you can!

Comment on June by Becky

Becky — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:54:47 +0000

Penny, Ray Brown is in your neck of the woods — enjoy!

Thanks for the congrats — yes, lots of work. The kids each had a steer and then Laura also had a 2-year-old cow/calf pair, and a 3-year-old cow/calf pair. That’s the maximum that will fit in our livestock trailer!

Comment on June by Penny in VT

Penny in VT — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:32:40 +0000

Thanks for the link – I can’t wait to check it out.

Congrats on all the 4H success, I know that a lot of hard work was put in and it paid off – good for them!

Comment on June by Becky

Becky — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:40:09 +0000

Sandra, some more here from a few years ago. I don’t know which are still up and running, though,

http://farmschool.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/birdcasting/

Laura also recommends BirdCalls Radio (although there is now a new host), http://birdcallsradio.com

Comment on June by Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:20:26 +0000

I can’t wait to introduce my Miss 12 to Ray Brown’s shows – they sound just the sort of thing she’ll love.

Comment on Ruthless rhymes* by Christina

Christina — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:26:01 +0000

“Moreover, in another bit of news, many keen readers check out books at the library and then do buy them, having ensured they’re something we’d like to spend money on. We just don’t like buying a pig in a poke.”

This is exactly what happens in our house. We will listen to the first audiobook in a series, and then Jane buys the entire series to read on her own. Can’t tell you how many times that has happened. Or, I’ll preview books from the library (often interlibrary loan) when pulling together ideas for future learning, then often buy the books because we want to have them on our shelves (or on our Kindles).

Thanks for posting about this subject, and for all the pointers!

Comment on Winter into Spring by Becky

Becky — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:26:23 +0000

Penny, thanks, I’ll tell Laura. I think she was hoping it would be clearer, but it was dusk and those poles are petty tall.

Good luck with your presentations! “Fine arts 4H” sounds nifty : ) .

Comment on Winter into Spring by Penny in VT

Penny in VT — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:52:14 +0000

What a wonderful photo of the owl. Breathtaking.

We’re just getting ready for 4H presentations around here – hopefully we’ll enjoy success here too. Interestingly, ours is a fine arts 4H group, a far cry from the horse group I was in as a child. It’s all good though. :)

Enjoy the music!

Comment on February fun by Becky

Becky — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:33:09 +0000

Sandra, it was in fact the first time most of the kids in the club had gone dog sledding, so not a common occurrence around here. But great fun!

Comment on February fun by Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:49:05 +0000

As if I didn’t already know that the life of rural kids in Canada was very different from that of city kids in New Zealand, this post really brings it home! What is obviously so normal to your children is very foreign to mine.