The return of the Wednesday Kids Market

Seemed like we were living in a boomtown


FACE PAINTING

A Tuesday apprenticeship in photos

Week 12

July 15 2008
Sunny Hot Hot

A Garden in Bloom


Bee Balm, Monarda dydyma

Bee Balm, Monarda fistulosa

California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica



German Chamomile, Matricaria chamomilla

Elecampane, Inula helenium


Echinacea purpurea

Goop, Slime, Goo, Ooo, Blue Goo, Gunk, Floam, Putty, Ooze, Oobleck, Flubber!

It all began innocently with "National Geographic Little Kids" Cheetah family magazine.



"Mama do you have any corn starch"

"Sure Zoe. What do you need it for?"

"I want to make "blue goo"

Looked simple enough...........A simple recipe. Many hours of play. Perfect.



Somewhere during the 3rd or 4th hour of play with her purple goo......"mama"

"yes zoe"

"i want to have a mad scientist birthday party" (her birthday is not until Oct) "did you hear me"

"yes zoe"

"lets plan it now"

"ok zoe"

She had it already planned. Costumes. All kind of goos, baking soda volcanos and color mixing. And hand made recipe books for all her friends.

We'd better get cracking! Where does she get all these ideas?

Here are a few fun "slime" links

Five Minute Popsci

and here is one from the Ellen show (thanks Jaeden!)

Don't try this at home!


Consider this your warning and start planning your crazy scientist costumes.

Lighthouses!

Most recently Zoe has been fascinated by Light Houses. While in Maine recently we saw Cape Neddick Lighthouse fondly known as as Nubble Lighthouse. Funnily, her beach towel that was given to her by a friend last year, which she is really attached to, pictures this lighthouse as well as dolphins swimming (another obsssion!)

(made on photo-notes)

I am thinking next month of an overnight camping trip to check out a few more New England Lighthouses (either Maine or Mass).


Here are some books we have from the library that we are enjoying....

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward
The Lighthouse Cat by by Sue Stainton and Anne Mortimer
The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo and Mary GrandPre
Birdie's Lighthouse by by Deborah Hopkinson (Author), Kimberly Bucklen Root (Illustrator)

small version
Originally uploaded by mommycoddle.

here is something easy to participate in this summer........

A Tuesday apprenticeship in photos

Week 11
Tuesday July 8th
HOT HOT HOT

We took a short walk to explore a stand of Mullein which I had noticed a few days ago.



Mullein flowers (Verbascum thapsus)

.........and while the Mullein was glorious there were a few other plants in their golden glory.

St Johns Wort flowers (Hypericum perforatum) (other common names include Tipton's Weed or Klamath weed)


Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) flowers -up close
(other common names include Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old Man's Pepper, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's Woundwort, Thousand-leaf), Thousand-seal)

And here is my favorite photo of the afternoon

A Wild Columbine (seed pod)
(Aquilegia canadensis ) Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)




Columbine nectar and pollen benefit hungry birds and insects, such as hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. An edible flower.

RIP Annabelle

Annabelle the Angora