Our Spring Crop

Spaceship squash, zucchini, tomatoes and cucumber. That's what Bea and I planted in our raised planter yesterday.

These March days after rain are the best medicine. I wish we could bottle the clarity of the light and the crispness of the air.

Now the best part: watching them all flower, form and grow.

Tissue Paper Crafts for a Sunday Morning

1. Tissue Paper Greeting Card:
* An assortment of colored tissue paper
* Construction paper (folded)
* Glue

-Have your love bug draw a design. T did a heart with a peace sign inside.

-Cut or tear dime size pieces of tissues paper and smush them into balls.

-Dab blobs of glue where along the drawn lines and the negative space to make a tissue garden.

-Send it your mama. It's Mother's Day in England today.

2. Carertissuepillar
*Egg carton
*Assorted colors of tissue paper
*Glue
*Pipe cleaner
*Markers

-Cut out one side of an egg carton.
-Put Glue on each egg cup and stick a square of tissue to each cup/or if youd rather cut egg carten in an a strip, tissue all six cups together
-poke holes on the head for the antennae and thread the pipe cleaners through. Make them as crazy as you want.
-Give your Carertissuepillar a lovely face


3. Tissue Paper-Festooned Cups

-Small plastic cups
-Glue
-Assorted colors of tissue paper

Have at it. There are no rules to this craft, but the results are surprisingly impressive for 3-year-olds or 6-year- olds.

Ladybug in Helmet

March Glory

Daylight savings is not fun at 6:30 in the morning, but it's glorious at 5 in the evening. Here are some shots of the girls in the garden. And a few of our new garden additions: rosemary, thyme and oregano. Spring had sprung!

Bunnies!

Sister Love