Nature Walks

One of the "big" things in Charlotte Mason's philosophy is nature study.

Three days, last week, I took the kids for a walk around our neighborhood. Hoping, to find something new and different, that we have never seen before, or unique and that usually misses our eye, because we are "busy".

Every time, before we walk out the door, we have asked the Lord to help us spot these things. And every time, we pleasantly discover something new and unique that we've never seen.

On the first day, we saw horses on neighboring properties. We, ourselves don't live on property, but,our neighborhood backs up to an area that has a few "mini" farms. This provides ample opportunity to find interesting things.

I am so grateful to live in an area like that. We are not totally "in the country" but it is close enough for us to enjoy some of the benefits. :)

One day I brought the camera along. I would like to share some pictures of what we "discovered" that day.

And we found this guy in our front yard as we came home from a walk. We had tons of fun playing with him, and using him as a subject for our turtle photo shoot. :)