Science and Art



I love this picture but what it represents is even more fun.

Darren asked the kids to go outside and collect some items to view under the magnifying glass.  A few of the items are shown here.  While under close examination, each of the kids were asked to draw a replication of some of the things that you could only see very close up.  They did explore the items thoroughly and some really great drawings were created.  Of course the experiment wouldn't have been any fun if they couldn't have been able to see how many of these items they could burn holes into with the magnifying glass :0)

Holistic Living. Natural Learning

What do Holistic Living and Natural Learning mean to you?

Our family has always been about finding natural alternatives to conventional ideas.  Sometimes out of desire, other times out of desperation.  Regardless of the motivation, finding an alternative method is just our way.  Just when I think I have it half way figured out--WRONG!  It is a continuous learning process. 

The choices we make are not for everybody.  Some things feel unreachable for us at this point but we hope to get there as soon as possible.  Living life on a smaller scale, be a contributer not just a consumer, finding happiness in the miracles every day all around us, being creative with our resources, respect for all people and ideas.  Live and Learn. 

I will be blogging more about some of our alternative choices in the near future--stay tuned!