Friday, July 24, 2009

Ohio wildflowers

http://www.ohio-nature.com/ohio-wildflowers.html

My wise mother advised me to find a book on OH wildflowers to help in the identification process. Instead a web search turned up answers by the names of horsenettle, bee balm, spotted touch-me-not (gorgeous!) also known as jewelweed, and Pennsylvania smartweed (which I thought was lady's thumb). The yellow wildflowers are harder to identify for sure without having them right in front of me.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Our flower collection (part two)

fleabane

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Queen Anne's lace

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red clover

honeysuckle



Wednesday, July 15, 2009

What we read - June 2009

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann

An absolutely favorite, cute, clever little book with a message on healthy eating.

Ballet Kitty by Bernette Ford & Sam Williams

A hit with the girls.

Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

Wonderful tale of bats' nightly visit to the library with winning vocabulary.

When lightning comes in a jar by Patricia Polacco

A family reunion with story-telling and traditions passed down from one generation to the next.

A good day's fishing by James Prosek

Fishing necessaries are detailed in this well-illustrated children's book.

Little 1 by Ann Rand

A classic numbers book.

Adele & Simon in America by Barbara McClintock

A brother and sister travel across America in the early 1900's.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Now I know my A, B, C's



A pop-up book from Parisian designer Marion Bataille