Sometimes you get to explore the road not taken. Initially, you are excited you decided to travel a more unusual path and the opportunity is embraced. But, as you travel you find that the path you were on previously might have been the right road all along. There were fewer potholes and cracks to pull you…
This is my contribution to the Lens-Artist Challenge for this week. In this challenge we are encouraged to pick a place we’ve travelled to that was memorable. For me, it was a trip to a place in The Netherlands that captured my heart. It was full of history, practicality, and beauty. It was special because…
Over the last few weeks, during soccer games, trips to the office, walking in prairie grasses, as making the rounds in our yard I’ve noticed the number of pollinators I have visiting my plants. Last week, on my Autumn Joy Sedum, I noticed painted lady butterflies feeding on the blossoms. It was movement and stark…
A tisket a tasket I see another casket! Today I had to take a table back to our shop storage area at work. To get to the storage room, one has to traverse a couple of hallways. Between the two main hallways is a storage room full of new caskets. It is one of the…
Today is Poetry Friday and since I spent much of my week educating school children about Monarchs and their habitat, I thought I would write a poem about this wonderfully unique creature. Poetry Friday is sponsored by the Teacher Dance Blog this week. Thank you for hosting this wonderful community of writers. Meaningful Monarchs Meaningful…
Two mornings this week were spent at an elementary school in our area. It is a place that I’ve gone for the last four years in September to teach first graders about the Monarch Life Cycle as a guest speaker. I thoroughly enjoy going to this school to spread the word about Monarch Conservation. The…
I am no stranger to committee work. When we moved to Wisconsin, over twenty years ago now, I immersed myself in our local school system. I had a boy entering kindergarten within a year and was expecting my second son. Getting involved in our school district was one of the most fulfilling and important jobs…