Today I read the second to last story, called Bones, in book three of the Kamana for Kids series. It's our last It was a very interesting story in that Running Deer was trekking through the mountains looking for this friend she had nicknamed Bones. Bones lives in the hollow of a trees, which I think is VERY cool. I would LOVE to live in the hollow of a tree. So, I took the theme of Bones' living in harmony with the earth by living in a tree a had the class lesson be mainly about sustainable living or living in harmony with the Earth.
Here are a few questions for my students to help with their blogging experience. I will call them "writing starters". Writing starters for the 12/15/11 class
Here are some new photos of my new second sit spot and of Abram's Creek.
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Natureglo's friends, family and world I am very thankful to my biological mother, Maureen, who gave birth to me. She took good care of me, clothed me, fed me and gave me a roof over my head for close to eleven years of my life. I am thankful to her for taking care of brushing my teeth. To this day I can thank her for helping me take the best care of my teeth. I still have all of my teeth and no cavities!! Thanks, Mom! Today giant snowflakes began to fall from the sky mid-afternoon. As the sun began to go down, I realized that I didn't want to miss an opportunity to go to my sit spot during twilight in a blizzard. So, I grabbed my camera and Flip camcorder and headed to my sit spot.
It was just gorgeous seeing neighbors Christmas lights through the snow-laden trees. As the night came on, the bright snowy branches seemed to have a light of their own. I stood in my sit spot field and admired the snow as it fell softly. The sounds of the town were to a hush as the great flakes made their way to the earth. My neighbors boys were outside playing in the snow but they left me to my exploring. I'm actually not even sure if they saw me. I continued to look up at the field with the perimeter of snowy trees. It was a wet snow, so the snow stuck fast to the branches. What a lovely look! Silence. Such muffled silence. It was rather cold out, so I spent only about 10 minutes. I did make two videos, one on my way to my sit spot field, and obut not more than about 2 minutes worth. I don't think the quality will be great though, because it was getting quite dark. The videos look kind of blue, not the greatest. I plodded my way back to my door. It was a nice, short, yet entrancing visit to my woodsy field.
What Natureglo is thankful about herself I'm thankful that I still have my youth and vitality with a healthy strong body. I'm thankful that I have a relatively easy going personality and typically ride the waves of life's challenges well. I'm thankful that I stay on top of details of both my personal life and work. This week I found another more secluded sit spot. As I've shared, I have not quite been able to feel at home yet in my own backyard. I share space with a small and growing community, and well, there just isn't the privacy I was used to back at Heathcote in my own backyard. But, nevertheless, I still need to hang onto my backyard sit spot for convenience sake.
Last Sunday, I went and found a nice spot at Abram's Creek. The spot includes a new to me, but very old knarled tree that appears to be dead with perhaps a few live shoots growing from it. I can plan to visit my backyard sit spot throughout the week and my new knarled tree spot at Abram's Creek once per week. |
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