See more scenery at Scenic Sunday
See more reflections at Weekend Reflections
See more watery pictures at Watery Wednesday
31 October 2009
Puddles (Nozy's Nature Pictures)
See more scenery at Scenic Sunday
See more reflections at Weekend Reflections
See more watery pictures at Watery Wednesday
30 October 2009
Stop and Hear the Music
Pearls Before Breakfast
Can one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let's find out.
By Gene Weingarten
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page W10
HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L'ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he shrewdly threw in a few dollars and pocket change as seed money, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and began to play.
It was 7:51 a.m. on Friday, January 12, the middle of the morning rush hour. In the next 43 minutes, as the violinist performed six classical pieces, 1,097 people passed by. Almost all of them were on the way to work, which meant, for almost all of them, a government job. L'Enfant Plaza is at the nucleus of federal Washington, and these were mostly mid-level bureaucrats with those indeterminate, oddly fungible titles: policy analyst, project manager, budget officer, specialist, facilitator, consultant.
...There was no ethnic or demographic pattern to distinguish the people who stayed to watch Bell, or the ones who gave money, from that vast majority who hurried on past, unheeding. Whites, blacks and Asians, young and old, men and women, were represented in all three groups. But the behavior of one demographic remained absolutely consistent. Every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch. And every single time, a parent scooted the kid away.
...for the rest of the article go to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
*The inspiration for Conscious Friday comes from Se'Lah at Necessary Room.
Can one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let's find out.
By Gene Weingarten
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page W10
HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L'ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he shrewdly threw in a few dollars and pocket change as seed money, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and began to play.
It was 7:51 a.m. on Friday, January 12, the middle of the morning rush hour. In the next 43 minutes, as the violinist performed six classical pieces, 1,097 people passed by. Almost all of them were on the way to work, which meant, for almost all of them, a government job. L'Enfant Plaza is at the nucleus of federal Washington, and these were mostly mid-level bureaucrats with those indeterminate, oddly fungible titles: policy analyst, project manager, budget officer, specialist, facilitator, consultant.
...There was no ethnic or demographic pattern to distinguish the people who stayed to watch Bell, or the ones who gave money, from that vast majority who hurried on past, unheeding. Whites, blacks and Asians, young and old, men and women, were represented in all three groups. But the behavior of one demographic remained absolutely consistent. Every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch. And every single time, a parent scooted the kid away.
...for the rest of the article go to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
*The inspiration for Conscious Friday comes from Se'Lah at Necessary Room.
Autumn nature basket
Nature table links:
A Waldorf Nature Table is a Wonderful Addition to Any Home
Make a Nature Table!
Flickr: the nature table
Click here to see the play, crafts and learning ideas blog link-ups we share at.
29 October 2009
Autumn
You Capture is a weekly photo challenge at I Should Be Folding Laundry. This week's challenge is Autumn.
28 October 2009
Water
Corner View is hosted by Spain Daily and we are invited to post pictures telling the stories of our different lives and cultures. This week's theme is Water.
Saturday was a rainy day and in the afternoon we went out to our favourite cafe. Sunnyboy took his new Bob The Builder umbrella which he bought at the charity shop last week for 30p.
Later on the rain stopped and we went to the park near the cafe.
Jane from Spain Daily is away travelling for a few weeks so Corner View will be hosted by Dana at Lumignano: Home Base.
Corner Views from around the world:
See more outdoor pictures at Outdoor Wednesday
See more thrifty finds at Thrifty Thursday
See more secondhand treasures at 2nd Time Around Tuesday
Saturday was a rainy day and in the afternoon we went out to our favourite cafe. Sunnyboy took his new Bob The Builder umbrella which he bought at the charity shop last week for 30p.
Later on the rain stopped and we went to the park near the cafe.
Jane from Spain Daily is away travelling for a few weeks so Corner View will be hosted by Dana at Lumignano: Home Base.
Corner Views from around the world:
caitlin, joyce, ani, kim, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t., jeannette, outi, ritva, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, skymring, elizabeth, allison, lise, cate, crescent moon, erin, otli, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa, britta, april, b, kyndale samantha, karen, kristina, goldensunfamily, sophie, janet, mcgillicutty, aimee, sunnymama, jenell, britta, juanita, pamela, inna, daan, myrtille, cris, ibb, jodi, gillian, travelingmama, athena, pienduzz, latisha, clairette, kelleyn, iris, demara, mus, ninja, guusje, di, sammi, theresa, cherry b, victoria, kathryn , lisa, liza, juliette, braja, mulot, anne, lucy, leonor, elizabeth, helene, dominique, shokoofeh, cole, jenna, podane, grey-lemon, line, nihal, urbaNiche, inner toddler, puna, lucylaine, adrienne, emily, lynn, skywriting, eliane, the wanderer´s daughter, carole, anna
See more outdoor pictures at Outdoor Wednesday
See more thrifty finds at Thrifty Thursday
See more secondhand treasures at 2nd Time Around Tuesday
23 October 2009
Waves (Nozy's Nature Pictures)
Some of Nozy's pictures from our day out at Southwold last month.
See more scenery at Scenic Sunday
See more watery pictures at Watery Wednesday
See more scenery at Scenic Sunday
See more watery pictures at Watery Wednesday
Unschooling ABCs
A – autonomy - the freedom to choose when, where, how and what we learn and to direct the rest of our life with the same freedom (when to take trips, when to wake up each day, what to wear, when to eat, what to spend our time on, who to spend time with, etc…).
B – being together – we have so much time to get to know and enjoy each other!
C – creative & critical thinking – we don’t spend precious time memorizing “right” answers in order to score well on tests, our learning has a more lasting purpose. We have the freedom to question everything, and explore to the extent that our curiosity is satisfied before moving on to something else.
Read the rest of the alphabet at This Inspired Life.
*The inspiration for Conscious Friday comes from Se'Lah at Necessary Room.
21 October 2009
My Dream
Corner View is hosted by Spain Daily and we are invited to post pictures telling the stories of our different lives and cultures. This week's theme is 'My Dream'.
Jane from Spain Daily is away travelling for a few weeks so Corner View will be hosted by Dana at Lumignano: Home Base.
Corner Views from around the world:
Jane from Spain Daily is away travelling for a few weeks so Corner View will be hosted by Dana at Lumignano: Home Base.
Corner Views from around the world:
19 October 2009
Blog favourites
Some recent 'blog favourites' and links I've enjoyed:
Blog Favorites: Autumn
Autumn Activities
Some inspiration for the weekend
Food on Fridays and Creamy Harvest Soup
Montessori Pearls Of Wisdom
Carnival of Unschooled Life — October 2009 Edition
Attachment Parenting Month 2009 Blog Carnival of Growth
September Goodies
September in review
*Operation You is the home of Inspirational Monday. You can get more inspiration there and are invited to stop by and post your links of inspiration.
Blog Favorites: Autumn
Autumn Activities
Some inspiration for the weekend
Food on Fridays and Creamy Harvest Soup
Montessori Pearls Of Wisdom
Carnival of Unschooled Life — October 2009 Edition
Attachment Parenting Month 2009 Blog Carnival of Growth
September Goodies
September in review
*Operation You is the home of Inspirational Monday. You can get more inspiration there and are invited to stop by and post your links of inspiration.
18 October 2009
The toy shed
Our shared garden has a toy shed for all the neighbourhood children to use.
See more colourful pictures at Color Carnival
See more Make-Do Mondays at My Practically Perfect Life
See more colourful pictures at Color Carnival
See more Make-Do Mondays at My Practically Perfect Life
17 October 2009
16 October 2009
Birds (Nozy's Nature Pictures)
Young Kestrel
Yellowhammers
Red Crested Woodpecker
Chaffinch
See more animal pictures at Camera Critters
See more scenery at Scenic Sunday
See more Wings at Inspire Me Thursday
Right To Reply
RIGHT TO REPLY: A Response to Graham Badman's Report to the Secretary of State on the Review of Elective Home Education in England (PDF file)
Consultation on Home Education - registration and monitoring proposals
The closing date for responses is Monday 19 October 2009
UK Petition to the Prime Minister to reject the Badman Report
The deadline to sign up to the petition is Sunday 18 October 2009
Global Petition to support home educators (homeschoolers) in England
BLOGDIAL on Home Schooling
UK home education blogs
a life worth living
Consultation on Home Education - registration and monitoring proposals
The closing date for responses is Monday 19 October 2009
UK Petition to the Prime Minister to reject the Badman Report
The deadline to sign up to the petition is Sunday 18 October 2009
Global Petition to support home educators (homeschoolers) in England
BLOGDIAL on Home Schooling
UK home education blogs
a life worth living
15 October 2009
Love
Corner View is hosted by Spain Daily and we are invited to post pictures telling the stories of our different lives and cultures. This week's theme is Love.
Little soul
I love you.
Thank you for choosing me
to be your mother.
Corner Views from around the world:
Little soul
I love you.
Thank you for choosing me
to be your mother.
Corner Views from around the world:
