Today is Slice of Life Tuesday and since most participants are educators that participate in this posting forum, I thought I would share about my experience of running for a vacant seat on our school board. We had a school board election last April. An incumbent who served for 20 years lost by 18 votes….
Journey North, an organization that monitors migrations of some of most beloved species of animals, posts updates on the Monarch Butterfly on Thursdays. Their site also has a wealth of other information for those interested in teaching or learning about the patterns found in nature such as seasons or life cycles. It is a user-friendly…
While I had a rough start to my day yesterday, there was a bright spot other than my chance to develop relationships with a new set of students. I also had a new group of young adult volunteers come to the garden to help in the afternoon. These were all people who work for a…
I cried today while I was at work. Very unprofessional of me, I know. Today was planting day at the school where I am the new garden club advisor. Recently, I’ve spent 10-12 hours prepping the garden beds for planting. Over the weekend, I purchased the plants. I made sign up sheets for the teachers…
Exciting News! The milkweed is up in my garden at home and the gardens at school! Here are some photographs from yesterday. Mother Nature Provides Milkweed erupts in the spring prior to the arrival of the Monarchs. This is Mother Nature’s way of ensuring that once the Butterflies arrive from their Journey Northward (migrating north…
Usually, on holidays, my posts do not address the holiday itself. But, today is Mother’s Day. I have a Mother and I am a Mother. It is a role I cherish – the most important job in my life. When each of my boys were born, I had different feelings connected with their births. This…
You know you have a lot of life experience when your worlds start to collide. This morning while scrolling through my social media feed, my eyes were drawn to an article on butterflies and how they survive rainstorms. Actually, it was the title and the graphic of the article that attracted me. It was on…
My place in the world is with my Family surrounded by Nature! Where ever that place happens to be: Looking at a late April Snowstorm against a blue sky from our Wisconsin Home (2018), in Bermuda on Horseshoe Bay Beach at Dusk with the love of my life’s hand on my shoulder looking at a…
Last Wednesday, I spent 8 hours ruminating over whether I wanted to support an outside, non-profit gardening group get involved in “assisting” my efforts at the school where I currently work as Garden Club Advisor. Eight hours. It was too much. A proposal was brought forward to the principal and PTO about bringing in this…