Author Archives: thegardener

Death is conquered, man is free Christ has won the victory

We are being ambitious with our foreign language study this year. We are making (very slow) progress in several languages at once: Arabic (Honeybee’s lovely calligraphy is above), Mandarin, and Spanish. We are using the book Alif Baa to learn … Continue reading →

tiny kernel of hope nourished in the barren time awakes new growth of faith Spring will come

adding milk to citric acid water Now it’s time to heat the milk and add the renin–then let it sit to form curds cutting the curds heating curds in a water bath–they’re warm enough when they become stretchy Fresh Mozzarella!

This is some of Jumping Spider’s math work from the past week. If you look closely, the correct answers to the problems make up a part of each little drawing–he started by writing the number, then transformed it into a … Continue reading →

I don’t imagine Dragonfly will be this eager to mop the floor a few years from now–I’ll enjoy the enthusiasm while I can!

x Honeybee (on the right) at her final soccer game of the season (picture’s a bit blurry, I’m not good at action shots). Fire safety open house after the game–we all got a ride on the pumper truck! I keep … Continue reading →