A couple of weeks ago, Caleb got a crystal growing kit at the science shop in Nederland. He mixed up some potions and set them on the counter. We watched them change and grow each day, until they finally became 2 beautiful, sparkly crystals. Here’s the amethyst. It’s a sweet, grapey purple. Caleb started it on […]
I have a new pair of shoes! They are Merrell Barefoot Pace gloves, and I love them. I tend to wear the same pair of shoes daily for just about every occasion until I wear them out. Because I do a lot of outdoor walking on fairly rough ground, I always get hiking shoes or […]
Remember our science experiment book, Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes? Well, we now have an egg that has been unclothed. Caleb poured vinegar over a raw egg and let it sit for a week. At the end of the week, the acetic acid from the vinegar had completely eaten away the calcium carbonate eggshell, and […]
Meet my new bag. The old one was worn and torn beyond repair, so it was definitely time for something new. I had the perfect bag sketched out in my mind: one with a bit of volume – not just a front and back, but a bottom, too – one large enough for my water […]
This fabric is completely unlike anything I’ve ever bought before. But at Hobby Lobby the other day, I kept circling back to it. There was something fresh and different about it that attracted me, and finally, jumping way out on a limb, I bought 2 yards of it. Something about the overlay of the squares […]
