fall

"autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
--albert camus

"for man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. for nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."
--edwin way teale

today the girls and i walked about our neighborhood gathering items of nature fallen from trees and plants and bushes. what a meditative time of taking in all that God has created, the beauty it holds, the amazing processes plants/trees go through, all to create another life. another season, another cycle.

mckenna has been collecting things from nature for over a year now. anything interesting she picks up and says, "i'm going to keep this!" then one day she got a brilliant idea... to create a "museum" with her collection. then, after i spoke to my dear friends at a mom's night for the eastside/westside commons, it morphed into something even better.... an art show! what a magnificent idea!

so from this idea we are compiling her items to create an art show. we will have an "opening" in our home and host our friends and neighbors. we will even have some items for sale -- mom & dad getting in on the action too. i will be contributing my nature photos [making them into cards or prints in frames]. the collection from our walk today have been made into art pieces for hanging or shadowboxing. so fun...

what a fabulous homeschool project. we are really excited about it!