By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge
the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ~Proverbs 24:3-4
• Oct. 1, 2009 - Nature Study at our House
I would like to think I am more Charlotte Mason like than other schooling styles, but we never seem to get around to nature studies, or art, or music, or .... So I must be eclectic.
However, we do love nature and are often side tracked by it. Here are some recent examples:
Our hummingbirds of course - but can you see the spider hiding in the corner of the door?
Here she is up close:
Everyday she spun a new web across the door or across the deck -- until one morning when I was in a hurry and forgot to look for the web. I walked right into it and got it in my hair. The spider is no more.
Her web:
Then occasionally we just happen to look out the window and see this fellow (or his look alike) booking across the backyard. He likes to see what our treats our compost pile has to offer.
Of course, nothing can compare to Mr. T and ...
Sally the goldfish. We got her for an experiment last year and she has down quite well.
James finally convinced me that Mr. T is a red slider with yellow spots instead of the usual red spots that sliders have. We have been putting him outside for sunning and swimming every day. He really likes it. Soon he will be able to climb out of his current house, so we are in search of cheap new home for him. Plus in another couple months, it will be too cold for him to be outside.
James is also playing around with the meal worm beetles in hopes they give him more meal worms. Yuck! We have banished them to the garage since their rotting food is attracting fruit flies and smells.
Of course, we also have lots of birds and deer in the back yard. We even the occasional rabbit too. So nature just seems to come to us, rather than us going out to look for it. Does that count?
