winter garden
Waiting this afternoon for J to finish his Spanish class at school, N and I explored his school's garden.
At first glance it seemed not much was going on, but as we walked around we saw and heard otherwise. We enjoyed looking up at the winter blue sky, feeling the wind in our hair, watching two mice dart in and out of the ivy, examining the compost, squishing in the mud, looking at the goldfish in the pond, and listening to the chattering birds.
There really is no greater teacher than nature, and there's little as amazing as planting a seed and watching it grow. I'm looking forward to J becoming a part of this school garden and for them both to help with the little vegetable patch we're planning here at home. Not long now.
Comments
not long at all!
Posted by: erin | February 26, 2007 7:44 PM
Lovely. We are also eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring and getting our hands really, really dirty.
Posted by: meg | February 26, 2007 8:38 PM
What a wonderful treat at his school. And Spanish? Hola J!
Posted by: Mama Urchin | February 26, 2007 9:24 PM
Love the trees. Is that a sand dollar on one.
Posted by: erin s. | February 26, 2007 10:55 PM
There's nothing like a bit of dirt on your hands. :)
Posted by: laeroport | February 27, 2007 10:32 AM
We're excited about spring too. William is really impatient for the caterpillars to start appearing. (The boxelder bugs that keep coming into our house are just not as exciting.)
Posted by: kristi | February 27, 2007 10:57 AM
gorgeous alicia. thanks for sharing! (that pond has my mind going!!)
Posted by: tracy | February 27, 2007 12:00 PM
whoa! what an awesome school! there are so many incredible schools out there ... sometimes i question my resolve in homeschooling. but for now, i'm gonna try it.
Posted by: Grace | February 28, 2007 10:12 AM
Very cool! My mom is a teacher, and she has a school garden very much like yours. If you'd like to check out her blog, its http://ellensblog1.blogspot.com
She just started it, but she'll have more pics up soon of her science garden, I'm sure.
Posted by: Rachel | March 1, 2007 12:29 PM