And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God...
• Nov. 22, 2009 - Finding Color
My sweet Preschooler and I went on our very own nature walk today to seek out color on a somewhat drabby day. This November has been a very mild one, indeed, but also has lacked sunshine. So we determined ourselves to find our very own "sunshine" by finding colors in the brown of late autumn.
At first, it seemed everywhere we looked there was brown, which we still found beauty in.
Here, we found STARS! She said they look like fireworks too.
Then we started noticing all the pretty green around still, even after the frosts.
And the pretty green lichen and white fungi were plentiful.
We couldn't decide if we wanted to call these berries "red" or "purple", so we called them "red purple".
And finally, there was this neat looking orange fungi. We thought they looked like orange fingers!
But the most colorful thing I found in nature today, was my sweet Gabby Rose.
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• Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Festive Beverage Suggestion
Posted By Toby
Miss Dog Lover has developed a festive, somewhat non-traditional beverage just in time for you to be able to serve it to your guests at Thanksgiving Dinner. That is, if you are bold enough to be first.
Last evening at snack time I walked in the kitchen to hear the iced tea she was pouring for herself making odd, non iced tea, sounds. I asked what she was doing and of course she said, "Just getting some tea." Hmmm.
My maternal instincts went immediately to red alert. I took a closer look and listen and noticed the empty poprocks packet.
The somewhat noisy and unpredictable combination of iced Mandarin Orange Celestial Seasonings and Strawberry Poprocks was such a hit Miss Dog Lover chugged it and made herself a second.
Let me know how it goes over with your guests if you give it a go. Me? I'm wondering how it would work to add poprocks into the stuffing of the big bird before baking. Could be an explosively good Thanksgiving at our place. |
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• Nov. 21, 2009 - *~*Digi Scrap Kits*~*
Posted By Mrs. Deborah
Hello Friends!!!
I have found a truly gifted site... full of beautiful graphics...
Trina has been beautifully blessed with such lovely creativity,
as have the other artists you will find when visiting Trina's website.
Please take a moment to view the 1000's of graphics in various categories
(below are just a few samples). Click on each image to visit that theme page.
She has created different themes to meet all the needs of each individuals taste :)
I can't help but to visit her site each day, as there's so much to see and be in awe over.
Please won't you stop in and say "Hi" while at the same time...
letting her know you appreciate her sharing her blessed gift with us all.
Have a beautifully blessed day everyone,
**Lots of Hugs**
Deborah
**Note** Digi Scrap Kits (Trina) has granted permission to use the images. Please do not use, copy, or distribute these images without permission from DSK. Thank you :)
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• Nov. 20, 2009 - Extreme $5 Friday is almost over!
Posted By Amanda Bennett
Friday's almost over - hope you had a chance to take advantage of the Extreme $5 Friday sale! One of the most popular items today - my workshop on Understanding Unit Studies. Orders will start shipping tomorrow, and thanks for your orders!
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• Nov. 20, 2009 - Extreme $5 Friday at UnitStudy.com!
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• Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 63% Asleep
Posted By Toby
This entry has an apologetic tone. That is because I am such a doofus.
I lay in bed this morning trying to decide if it really was warm enough to get out from under the blankets or not. During that time of semi-wakefulness, I composed three great blog entries. As soon as I got up, I jotted down enough of each idea that I'd be able to post the entry. Wonderful - I figured I was set for posts for the next week or two. As I count, that was my first mistake.
I wanted to link to my Miss Language's blog and also to her friend's. So I dutifully sent off an e-mail, making sure that was OK. There was my second mistake.
So now, they are reminding me I have not posted yet. So I went and grabbed the list so I could spout off with this wonderful post, first of three. (Yep, third mistake and here I shall quit counting.)
I grab the list and what does it say:
black holes/FB
Outwitted/Fort Knox
type-O angels/HS
and I have almost no idea what it means. Now, I know I should quit while I am behind, as the saying goes, but as I say, I have quit counting mistakes so here goes.
The first part (black holes/FB) had something to do with a comment I saw on Devastatingly Handsome's FB about FB being one of the biggest black holes in the universe, and then there was a comment about "what do you mean, 'one of'?" And I know that somehow I then had hold (in my semi-waking state) of a brilliant insight about the nature of black holes and I am pretty sure about whether or not relative sizes comparisons are, well, relative or not. And I think it had a tie-in with Francis Bacon. But beyond that... no idea. My great blog post was sucked away as by a black hole.
And then part two, the Outwitted/Fort Knox was going to be something beautiful and inspiring about Edwin Markham's poem "Outwitted"
He drew a circle that shut me out—
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
and how it applies to some people we know, in particular one whose heart has been locked down tighter than Fort Knox since toddlerdom. However I know nothing about the brilliance of this post whatsoever.
And the final thing on my list (type-O angels/HS) was from a chat I had with Miss L's friend. We were talking about a matter for prayer and I thought I had the name wrong. She told me it would be ok, something like there were angels who correct type-Os (is that spelled right?) in prayers. It occurred to me that the Holy Spirit does that on a major level, not a spell checker so much as a prayer checker. But, again, I have No Idea where I was going to go with any sort of insight.
So, today's moral: my first thoughts of the day are probably not the best. Let's hope not. And even if they are, I can't hold onto them.
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• Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - On the road again...
I only have a just a second here, but wanted to say that we will be driving to Trujillo again tomorrow and next. So, anyone who reads this blog can pray! For a little more current info on our life work, see our ministry blog here:
http://thetuttletribe.blogspot.com
For the latest learning at our house, go here:
http://fisheracademy.blogspot.com
And I have a couple of meaningful posts from my personal study that maybe someday I will have time to post right HERE! :)
Don't get too hopeful though... I'm too busy to be so serious of a blogger!
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• Nov. 17, 2009 - Counting down until Thanksgiving Break!
School has been going pretty good this year. Right now I'm behind on grading papers, but tonight or tomorrow night I'll get caught up with that. I'm almost done making assignments until Thanksgiving break. I'm going to have the kids do school on Monday and somewhat on Tuesday. It will be more of "holiday school". We'll be shopping for food items, reading Thanksgiving books and watching holiday movies, but it will also be a catch-up day for my high schoolers if they need it, and they probably will.
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• Nov. 14, 2009 - Macro in Late Autumn
I've been trying to focus in on teaching my children how to see the beauty in all seasons. Towards the end of Autumn when the leaves are mostly off the trees, and things have found themselves to be a dry brown color we focus in on details, because there is where we find remarkable beauty. Taking macro pictures helps us to see this beauty even more closely than our human eye can.
We find if we look close enough we can still find splashes of color.
What small details of God's creation are bringing beauty into your life?
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• Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - Perpendicularity
Posted By Toby
A few days ago, I dunno why, maybe it's swine flu in the news, I found myself thinking about a little buddy of mine from my freshman year in college.
Francis Bacon.
Francis Bacon is a small pig. He looks a lot like this fellow, only he is
Some people thought he was not real because they did not see him, only my sketches of him. That is because he lives in a different dimension, so you can only see him (and he appears flat) when that dimension is exactly perpendicular to ours, or at least that's my understanding of the phenomenon.
I started thinking about angels and how they seem to move in a different plane than ours, too. Maybe you can see them, or a bend in the light, when their dimension is perpendicular to ours. I thought that was maybe a rabbit trail, or a pig trail, but don't know enough about pigs in general to know if they make trails or not.
In related deep metaphysical wondering, I am wondering what other beings exist in time at all. I wonder if we are the only ones. I am not too convinced time even exists for creatures like dogs. And certainly not small outlined pigs. |
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