I was asked a very vague question yesterday. Probably an extremely normal question in most parenting circles and I do not want to take away from the validity of the question. However, it was a very strange question for me! I’ve been radical unschooling for quite some time, I felt a little caught off guard. [...]
Welcome! Actually, that wasn’t for you. It was for me. I’m welcoming myself back to my blog. I’ve taken a nice long break from blogging. I guess that sort of sucks for everyone wondering what the heck we’ve been up to in Seattle! I’ve taken a short hiatus from writing. I’ve taken up some other [...]
I haven’t been here in awhile. I have a confession to make. I’ve done something. I’ve done something unthinkable. I found another passion. I really, really did. I didn’t find it by thinking about it, or dreaming about it, or wishing I could do it. It just showed up in my kitchen.
When I got to [...]
I know it’s been awhile. It’s a great summer so far and we’re keeping incredibly busy! After a teensy little heat wave, if you call 94 hot, we’re back to more seasonable temps around here and loving every moment of this near perfect weather.
This morning it dawned on me that we had all created an [...]
…and just like that, we have 26,000 bees. That’s roughly 26,000 bees or 6.5lbs.
This is a really big swarm. That’s a dryer vent in the photo if that gives you any perspective. It was also about 5 inches deep.
We got all the kids together and invited our neighbor, who brought his friend. Everyone was in [...]
With all this cool stuff happening, it’s no wonder I haven’t found time for writing! I’m stirring with a more focused blog post, but haven’t found the time to sit down and write it. With the sun shining almost every day for two whole weeks (or maybe it just feels like 2 weeks) [...]
It’s been wildlife central here lately. Last week, my indoor cat accidentally snuck out the door. I head down the steps in the front yard where she has paused to smell something, and scooped her up by the neck. Just as I looked up, I spotted no more than 15 feet from me, a coyote [...]
Swarming bees is nothing I am accustomed to. I’ve never seen a bee swarm in my entire life. Not on a tree, not in a bush, and certainly not in the air. So when Phoenix and I went outside yesterday to jump on the trampoline, you can imagine my surprise when I realized we were [...]
Saturday marked 6 months in Seattle for us. That and Mother’s day on Sunday were two of the most beautiful days we’ve had since we’ve been here. My father visited last weekend and Tj’s mother visited this weekend so I’ve kept myself so busy I haven’t had any time to blog! Not really a bad [...]
Yesterday, TJ took the Suburban onsite to Issaquah, WA. I have my favorite bumper sticker right smack in the middle of the hatch door. Now that the word Unschooling has become more familiar with the mainstream, I have been curious if my bumper sticker makes more sense to people.
He was driving home on the I-5 [...]
