Homeschooling Is Life! - Who's talking to YOU today?

• Aug. 5, 2005 - Who's talking to YOU today?

What a gorgeous day! We have had rain for a couple of days now, and the parched land is rejoicing. There was even snow on Pikes Peak, and other mountians here in lovely Colorado!

Go outside ---there are things out there "speaking" to you right now!

Several bloggers I know like my friend Jess always include these neat little notices of "what they are hearing" while blogging. My kids and I just went on a little walk to a local park, and we heard many things while we were getting our exercise.

All we had to do was look, and listen.

We have a new blogger here at HSB that I would like to welcome, Mr. Sam Alibrando, the author of a new book called "Nature Never Stops Talking."

He has a keen mind and a great eye for those things in nature that may be so small, or so great--yet speak volumes to us. Without giving away the whole book (I haven't finished it yet but I can already heartily recommend it) I think it is a great resource for us homeschoolers. Popular homeschooling author Diana Waring is one of the endorsees on the back of his book.

I met Mr. Alibrando and his very sweet wife up in Denver last month, and we became fast friends. He has joined us here at homeschoolblogger and will be sharing his thoughts on the intricate and amazingly special designs in nature, that you might never have noticed.

So get on over to his blog and tell him hello. He isn't a scientist, just an ordinary guy who likes to write about extraordinary things that are right outside your front door.....and some right inside your home too!

Happy Homeschooling,

Nancy

Comments

• Aug. 5, 2005 - learning the ropes

Posted by Sam Alibrando

Hey Nancy,
There wasn't a link that said "trackbacks" but under that heading I found a spot that appeared to be a link "Homeschooling is Life!" and voila! here I am.

So does this mean I'm hooked up OK on the trackbacks?

Thanks.

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• Aug. 5, 2005 - Pikes Peak?

Posted by

You mean you could actually see Pikes Peak today?!? We could not see it down here - the clouds were in the way! The clouds apparently moved when I fell asleep with the cat after folding clothes! I love seeing Pikes Peak clothes in snow - especially in the summer!
~ Rachel

Edited by MrsStevens95 on Aug. 5, 2005 at 9:55 PM

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• Aug. 9, 2005 - WOW!

Posted by amysue

Snow in August?? I'm in Georgia where we are lucky to get an inch of snow the whole winter season ... and that's usually not until Jan or Feb. Loved your blog, it made me stop to listen to the sounds around me. Pretty much it's just the hum of the computer right now, LOL. I need to go outside to do this experiment.
~Amy Sue

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• Aug. 10, 2005 - Nancy: Thank You So Much!

Posted by Jedi4sweet

I really wanted to "THANK YOU!" for taking the time to help me at my blog w/ the whole picture/image thingy. I did just what ya said & it WORKS fine! : ) Oh, thank you, thank you so much! : ) I feel so grateful for your kindness.

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About Me

Hi There!

Welcome to my blog.
How nice of you to drop in. What is this all about you say? Well, take a look and see.

Just like the plants springing forth we are following the Son, soaking up the living water and pulling the weeds. We can't wait to see what will bloom THIS growing season!

Oh, and just for fun, I will tell you a little about me, since that is what this space is for. :)

I am a mother of four lovely kids who are perfectly human in every way. They are sinful, selfish, loving, happy, grumpy, excited, capable, frustratable, (I know, that isn't a word but sometimes I make up my own) and sometimes contrite, and just like their parents. But they are ours and we think they are all keepers!

We have homeschooled them all since birth with the trial and error method. I think they all have "made the grade" and they are now 16, 13, 11 and 9 years old.

We're not experts, except in the area of making mistakes and living to tell about them and hopefully learn from them! We hope you will find some encouragement here as you read about the seasons of our life as a homeschooling family.