Lets Jump Together

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-by Helen Keller

In order to complete the total feeling of being human on this planet, we need all the emotions - even the ones that don’t always make us happy.
It makes us really appreciate those happy ones when [...]

Spring arrives with a special treat in our area.  Picking fiddlehead ferns is always a welcome time.
This delicacy is here for only a week in the spring, and it is something our family has enjoyed for many years.
The best time to harvest these ferns is just as they are starting to grow with their [...]

It’s that time of the year again.  One of the drawbacks of country life is the amount of bugs we have around.
It all starts right about now - mid spring, when the weather is so perfect to be outdoors.
There is a joke about the black flies in New England and how there are so many [...]

Easter Greetings to all my friends around the world!
A quick piece of trivia about the computation of Easter Sunday:
The rule has since the Middle Ages been phrased as Easter is observed on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the day of the vernal equinox.
There are a few exceptions to [...]

I hadn’t heard this particular song since last autumn, and I was quite happy to hear it today on my daily walk.
And what song was that you may ask - it was the song that announces Spring - even if it was a day early.
I heard it coming from across my neighbor’s yard, and when [...]

I borrowed the this image from the National Geographic site so I could share with you an interesting web cam that my niece shared with me a couple of days ago.
The site is the Bio Diversity Research Institute and they have a web cam set up 70 feet high in a pine tree on the [...]

We never get enough of this - taking the time to be in the moment.
Breathe in the fresh spring air, feel the warm sun, and listen to the river as it gently flows by.
Being in the moment, and really feeling it is one of the gifts of living on this planet - and sharing it [...]