Our Very Own Owl Pellets!

Having purchased and dissected an owl pellet from an educational store,

I was familiar with what owl pellets looked like.

Earlier this week, I asked my son to take our the trash.

He called me excitedly and said that I MUST come

look at this "thing" on the trash can lid.

This is what I found:

See the little bones sticking out? A "wild" owl pellet!

Today, we found another.

I called my home school friend who lives down the street.

She brought two of her children, her rubber gloves, and her science tools.

We proceeded to dissect both pellets.

Jaw bone.

To the best of our ability, we identified two rodents.

I should also add that we live in a

residential area about four blocks from downtown.

Who says you can't do nature study in the city?

Another day. Another geocache.

Our county park systems have put together a geocache in 10 of our county parks.

Our home school group has been gathering to hike the trails together and find them.

I love having it the hike on the schedule as it makes me get out into the beautiful weather

instead of letting it fall to the bottom of my list.

I believe this is a bald-faced hornets nest. Fortunately it was abandoned.

My children sat near the tree and sketched it for their nature journals

while we waited for the rest of our home school group.

Can you see the cache? Me neither. This one was particularly hard.

Here it is!

Beautiful lake you can see from the woods.

Our Current Projects

A butterfly spotted on a recent hike.

I found a praying mantis by the dryer vent on the outside of the house. A nature study in the making! The kids came outside with an empty cottage cheese container and we relocated him to our flower garden.

I think he'll be much happier here. No lint to contend with:)

Did you know that Hobby Lobby has a pretty cool science aisle? My son b.e.g.g.e.d. me for a package of Triop eggs. The were only $4.99 and they came with food!

They hatched in a couple of days and steadily grew. We've had hours of enjoyment from these little things. They love carrots and I add a few peels every few days. Coolest $4.99 I ever spent!

Beautiful clouds during the sunset one evening.

A visit from some friends.

We had some wonderful internet friends visit the Lovely Little Cottage! You can read about it here.

Love This!!!

Be Dangerous Women! Wonderful graduation address by Nancy Wilson.

New School Year

I recently went to a Classical Conversations Practicum and it revitalized me.

We are progressing through Veritas Press's Old Testament and Ancient Egypt history curriculum and Veritas Press's Genesis Through Joshua Bible curriculum.

I am also spending lots of time on this blog: By Sun and Candlelight. Her organizational tips are amazing. Very inspiring. So inspiring that I started a new blog :)