Simply Charlotte Mason is hosting the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival!                                                   

The theme is  Mother Culture.                                                                                                                         

Karen Andreola used the phrase “mother culture” to refer to those things that provide refreshment, renewal, and rest for the busy homeschool mom.

 I Iove homeschooling my kids. I enjoy our time together. I consider it a blessing. I also consider it my hobby.    (Hobby: An activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure.)

But...what refreshes and renews me?

 

I also get refreshed at the keyboard... music keyboard that is.                                                                         

I have a light-up keyboard (no need to read notes!) that I can play beautiful classical music on. I  practice to get better and faster. It may seem silly to some...but for me, playing Fur Elise is so therapeutic.

And of course... taking pictures. I can take my children to a field or park and observe through the lens of a camera. When I take a photograph of an insect or flower up close...I can view it with focused attention on that detailed object without the distraction surrounding it. When I take pictures of my children...I am watching them observe, I am able to focus, for that instant, on what they are watching or doing, and capture it. So when my kids say, "Can we go catch grasshoppers?"  I'm quick to agree, as long as I have my camera in tow.

These things make me happy, and in turn, make for a happier, Sunny household!