Always on my Mind

Always on my Mind

Even when I must focus on other things, they are always on my mind.

Happy 4th of July!

Two Kids in a Whale

Two Kids in a Whale

This is at Atlantis Play Center. My mom took us there when we were kids, and my kids are as crazy about it as I was. So many of the parents tell me they used to go as children. It definitely seems to tap into the kid brain regarding what is SUPER FUN!!

It was wonderful rediscovering this place as an adult and stirring up old memories.

Where Have all the Nurdles Gone?

Where Have all the Nurdles Gone?

This is at the District Science Fair. She did a super job, and we all had a lot of fun learning about Nurdles. She was chosen again to select her project at the Green Port Fest–a huge honor and super good time. Woohoo!

Below is the acknowledgment she included in her report. She’s fairly generous with sharing credit:

Acknowledgments

I want to thank a few people for what they did to help me make a science project a success. I want to thank my mom for helping me put together my awesome green display board, and my science teacher Mrs. J. for being so positive in science lab. And I offer a big thank you to my dad for guiding me along as we got closer and closer to finishing my science project, and for driving us from beach to beach. I also wish to thank J.K. Rowling for writing such an entertaining series of Harry Potter, (I read book 4) which kept me busy while I waited to arrive at our next stop.

Thank you

Promotion

Promotion

She got promoted out of grades school, and it was a lovely day–lots of beautiful young people and happy families. The kids at the middle school next door all gathered at the fence and applauded and cheered when the kids walked out. It was super sweet. Got me all misty.
♥

Driving with Dad

Driving with Dad

“My dad is a really cool baseball player.” ~Wandering Wood

Heh heh heh

Happy Father’s Day!

Sounds from the Wood

Demuth Painting Detail

“Mom, the number 5 has a tummy ache on it.”
~Wandering Wood

Weather (for Today)

(Alignment of Jupiter, Venus and Moon by Lucas Janin)

Early in the morning, unable to sleep
Fumbling to the living room
I look out the window to see
The fog dampening the flowers and grass,
Yes, dampening the flowers and grass.

Early in the morning, unable to sleep
Stumbling out to the backyard
With my face I feel and hear
The wind thundering in my ear,
Yes, the wind thundering in my ear.

Later in the day, unable to work
Holding still as a lizard
I look out the window to see and hear
The rain drumming on the roof and ground,
Yes, the rain drumming on the roof and ground.

Late at night, unable to sleep,
I see with my eyes
Softly swaying in the sky
The moon waking up,
Yes, the moon waking up.

~Wondering Wood (12-18-08)

This is the poem that was read on the local TV station.  She refers to it as her “weather poem.”

Lawn Ornament

Lawn Ornament

I caught the girl meditating in a tree the other day. She’s such a nature girl. No idea where that came from…

A Spider’s Web

What is so perfect

About a spider’s web

Besides the fact

That its maker

Has mastered

Spinning and threading

The star-like figure in the corner

On its very first try?

And that,

When beads of dew are strung on,

The spider looks like royalty

In its twinkling castle of thread?

And that a grasshopper

Couldn’t escape its tight clutches?

And that it is transparent

Against a sky of grey, purple, black, or blue?

I don’t know what’s so perfect about a spider’s web.

Do you?

~Wondering Wood, 3/2009