WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Unlikely
This is of the known but unlikely visualization of fresh mountain rainforest water meeting the salt water of the Pacific Ocean. It was taken on the island of Kauai at Hanakapiai Beach: The most dangerous beach in Hawaii Beach – a walk in only beach. There are many signs here warning visitors not to go in the water, for many…
Be The Change…..
I do my share of complaining. I know I do. Some of it stems from just being human. But, some of it also stems from having an extreme sense of justice and belief in what is right and what is wrong. Over the last couple of years, I have complained privately to family and friends…
Photo Blog Challenge from Cee’s Photography: Flower of the Day for May 3rd, Geranium
Below is my submission for Flower of the Day Challenge: Geranium for May 3rd from Cee’s Photography. It is a Johnson’s Blue Geranium in my yard, several years ago. Enjoy its beauty.
Getting Ready to Plant in a School Garden
For the last two weeks, I’ve been making regular trips to the school gardens I now manage. They are vast and I am not yet done cleaning up the plants, now dead, left to serve as winter interest and perhaps some sources of food for the birds. I am about two thirds of the way…
No longer the turning point
It’s here. The end of sophomore year in high school for my youngest son. I know, it is usually not a milestone that is marked. For our family, it has become one. Yesterday, we attended parent – teacher conferences at our high school. Never again will we have a sophomore aged high school student. A…
Silent Sunday: Wisconsin Scenes In April
Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Lines
Enjoy the variety of “lines” in my photography as these are my submission to the Weekly WordPress Photo Challenge: Lines.
You say Potato, I say Potato. I say Interdisciplinary, You say Transdisciplinary. Do we understand each other?
Staff Meetings While presenting at a staff meeting the other day, I explained that in the after school club I led I used an interdisciplinary approach to my teaching. Going on to explain, I told how one unit in garden club will have all subjects interwoven into it – Science, ELA, Social Studies, and yes,…
The Un-stifling of Me
Recently, I have started to put myself out there again. I am attending meetings, giving my opinion, and circulating my thoughts to more than just the inside of my own head. To be honest, it’s somewhat scary. But, it is also invigorating. For a while now….maybe a couple of years, I have tried to keep…