adventures in home-making

Micah uses my hair as a soothing tool.

Patrick's home-made raised herb garden.

Our spring scavenger hunt.

Max successfully scavenged his way to spring. We took his prizes and used them to decorate our spring branch. 

Micah gets dressed.

10 glistening things.

1. Laurie Johns has started blogging about her beautiful, diverse, and interest-laden world at Read.Listen.Think. 
2. There is a natural water slide (i.e. field trip) at Kinlock Falls in Alabama which everyone should experience.
3. LibertyFlix has free family-friendly films about freedom. 
4. The Crafty Crow, a children's craft collective.  
5. The artist's guide to human types, available courtesy of Cedar Seed books, offers a lesson in anthropology as well as drawing.  
6. All those little birds you hear chirping might appreciate your efforts in building a bird house or bird feeder with the help of these free plans from Crafty Bird.  
7. Inspired by the Gypsy Caravan building and painting website. 
8. Live blues in Alabama.  
9. This Thursday, from 3 to 6 pm, you can visit the Homegrown Alabama Farmer's Market in Tuscaloosa. Bring the kids.  
10. University of Alabama history professor David Beito expresses concern about land grabs in Montgomery.