Acrostic poems aren’t as easy as they seem. At the end of my last garden club meeting in mid-January, I gave the students a mini-lesson on writing acrostic poems. We had just discussed and planted flower bulbs and I wanted to incorporate some language arts into are lesson. The directions were simple, as I used…
Today is Poetry Friday. We are headed into the time of year when I really miss writing poetry with students. For six years, I led a Third Grade Writer’s Circle at the elementary school my boys attended. It started when my youngest was in Third Grade; I was trying to support the love he and…
I have been trying to pick plants to start from seed for the school garden I tend as part of my garden club advisor job. Last year, I purchased plants from a homeschooled teenager who had his own greenhouse business. They were probably the most healthy plants I have ever had in my gardens! Some…
Today, I find myself in a quandary about what to write. I have a couple of ideas but both stem from irritations, one regarding education and one regarding sportsmanship. I really do not want to ruffle any feathers, which my words would most certainly do if I write what needs to be said. So, I…
My husband has been retired since December first. I find that friends and family are wondering what he has been up to and how we are doing with being around each other more than we used to be. The short answer is that things are fine. He is spending a great deal of time in…
Anyone who knows me personally, even some of my blog followers, and certainly my former garden club students, know I am a lover of words. A strong vocabulary has always been an asset for me. Perhaps this started back in high school where I took two years of Latin, you know, the “dead” language. But,…
The following are my submissions for the Which Way Photo Challenge hosted by sonofabeach96.
A Morning Encounter A sliver, A slice, A smile. All these I saw in the early morning light, just before dawn through the branches of our maple tree. It caught my eye, that shining sliver of light, glancing in my window at me, so perfectly outlined in the Eastern morning sky of cobalt blue. Imperceptibly…
The following are my entries for Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge on January 3, 2019. The prompt is for any kind of Geometric Shape in Black and White. Although all six of these photos were originally in color, a black and white filter was applied, and they are still stunning! Enjoy some Origami Creations…
Ever since I attended Massawepie Boy Scout (I am female) Camp in the 1970’s, in the great Adirondack Mountains of New York State, near Tupper Lake, I have had a fascination with bogs. During my stay with the Headmaster’s family, who was our neighbor when I was young, I was introduced to many things that…