Comments on: A Brief Introduction to Nature http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/ ...for man does not live by bread alone... Sat, 25 May 2013 12:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MelanieB http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/#comment-2512 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:49:31 +0000 https://geeklady.wordpress.com/?p=1324#comment-2512 Even a few inches of water gives me the willies when Anthony is involved. I worry less about Ben, though if he were to fall in and I didn’t have a change of clothes for him, we’d have a major meltdown on our hands. He hates having wet clothes.

]]> By: GeekLady http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/#comment-2510 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 04:30:55 +0000 https://geeklady.wordpress.com/?p=1324#comment-2510 Ahh, the creek isn’t very deep right now, or moving very fast. I think it might only come up to his waist. My main concern with wandering around down there are water moccasins. *shudder*

]]> By: MelanieB http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/#comment-2509 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 04:07:09 +0000 https://geeklady.wordpress.com/?p=1324#comment-2509 What a great description of your outings! I have been lax about exploring this summer. Somehow I always get much more outdoorsy in the spring and fall. It must be a legacy of hot Texas summers where you just hunker down to escape the heat. It doesn’t really make sense here in New England; but there you have it. We’ve done family outings of all kinds; but just me and the kids going and wandering somewhere… hasn’t happened so much.

Although come to think of it, that might just be a factor of having too many small kids who can’t be trusted near water. Without my sister around, I get nervous taking all four of my gang anywhere where either Ben and Anthony could get in over their heads while I was distracted by another kid in crisis. And my favorite exploring spots are almost always near water. Maybe we’re just in a season where most of the exploring has to happen either in the backyard or on weekend trips with Daddy. Hmmm. I’ve got to think about this some more.

]]> By: GeekLady http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/#comment-2496 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:07:54 +0000 https://geeklady.wordpress.com/?p=1324#comment-2496 You know how fastidious he is. That he spontaneously slid down that grass really surprised me. I’m just glad neither of us ended up in the creek!

]]> By: GeekLady http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/#comment-2495 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:06:45 +0000 https://geeklady.wordpress.com/?p=1324#comment-2495 Oh I miss apples. They don’t grow very well in Texas, not enough chill hours. In Missouri we used to get Jonathen’s by the pallet, but you almost never find them here, they don’t travel so well. They had three pound bags in the grocery store this week, and I splurged and bought some, and they are so good, it takes me back decades.

]]> By: Mad Auntie Mo http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/#comment-2494 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:05:38 +0000 https://geeklady.wordpress.com/?p=1324#comment-2494 Arrr. We be makin’ a naturalist outta the boy yet, by hearty!

]]> By: Foxfier http://geeklady.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/a-brief-introduction-to-nature/#comment-2493 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:23:06 +0000 https://geeklady.wordpress.com/?p=1324#comment-2493 Our new place has a backyard, which has three trees in it. Apple, plum and pear.

I’m now randomly hit with demands for apples from Kit the Elder, who will eat half of one and then give it to the equally delighted (toothing) Duchess the younger.

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