Love the Saint!

This weekend on one of my little outings, we stopped at the beautiful garden and home of the famous American Reinaissance Sculptor Saint Gaudens.
Over 100 of his artworks can be seen in the galleries, from heroic public monuments to expressive portrait reliefs, and the gold coins which changed the look of American coinage.

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Endings and Beginnings!

When did June become as busy as December and we still have two weeks until school is finished? Lots has been going on here at the homestead in terms of endings, and I am already drumming up in my mind, all of the beginnings I am going to start for myself, while I have [...]

Ms. Manual Labor

The in-laws hit the road, and we are all nervous for them to fly now after, the Air France crash this weekend over the Atlantic. I may never go anywhere- that plane crash was just horrifying- I send my thoughts & prayers to the families involved. So tragic- so very tragic!
The minute [...]

It’s Back to Business and Craving Solitude

The school schedule here just tricks you, making you attend until the end of June. I grew up thinking school ended at Memorial Day, and I can’t get that thought out of my mind.
I have had to make some adjustments living in New England. First, with the calendar! Summer really [...]

New Additions

This weekend has been all about the gardens. We live on roughly two acres. Most of it is wooded, but I have a small orchard of 12 trees, a veggie garden, several flower beds and plenty of grass to contend with, and only a small workforce (my children). This weekend we [...]

Environmental Junkie

The festivities started today for the Presidential Environmental Youth Award here in Washington with the EPA. Hillary and her team spoke to the media and presented their projects for the other regional winners to view. It was a great opportunity for them to gain self confidence and speaking skills. This was their [...]

Off To Washington D.C.

Remember the science team my daughter Hillary is on that won this award, a couple of weeks ago, for this project www.greenyourlives.org ?  

Environmental Merit Award New England from the EPA

These 3 kids and parents are now travelling to Washington D.C. today, to pick up the national Presidential Environmental Award -awarded by the White House [...]

Could It Be Like This Every Day?

It just happened that Wednesday I was childless, and guess who was home all by their little lonesome?  Me!  All by myself, so I headed straight to my garden and started talking to myself for 7 hours straight.  I kicked into hyper-efficient weed pulling mode and started yanking out everything in sight.  The sky was [...]