Comments for Off the beaten path

Comment on Toddler Mei Tai by Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:13:21 +0000

Very cute Lindsay! I love the patchwork on the front. I can’t believe how big the girls are. Meredith looks so grown up

Comment on A not-so-itty-bitty dress by Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:04:59 +0000

How much fabric did you use? It didn’t say on the pattern sheet. I am hoping to make it for a 2T. Thank you.

Comment on Homemade PVC Nipple Waterer by Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:38:35 +0000

Ours figured it out pretty quick. Once one gets it, the rest pick it up quickly. We used to bring them over and tap the metal with them watching to see the drips.

Comment on Homemade PVC Nipple Waterer by Fran Smith

Fran Smith — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:18:19 +0000

Do the chickens know what to do? I will be installing one of these in each of my areas but my concern was that they wouldn’t figure it out…

Comment on More sewing by Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:09:41 +0000

Cute! I love the green fabric in Fiona’s dress.

Comment on Getting to know the local flora by JenBetweenDots

JenBetweenDots — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:33:01 +0000

Nice pictures Linds! I love the little rooster icon in your tab too – just noticed it!

Comment on Getting to know the local flora by Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:28:23 +0000

Well pressed is nice, but the flowers do look slightly different and you have to be careful or they will break and fall apart. I will probably go with pictures because I want the kids to understand that a lot of Calgary is protected and they can’t pick whatever they want. Maybe when they are older and can better understand the difference between protected and not protected we can press flowers, or with things we grow. Most of the people in our home school group were not raised to respect nature and protected areas, and the kids often pick whatever they want. They even were picking flowers in the conservatory at the zoo!

Comment on Getting to know the local flora by JenBetweenDots

JenBetweenDots — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:02:19 +0000

I think you should use both pressed and pictures!

Comment on Getting to know the local flora by Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:04:11 +0000

We actually have some of the flowers above being pressed right now! I can’t decide if I want to use pictures or the pressed flowers or both, but I really like the idea of having an album or journal of some sort.

Comment on Getting to know the local flora by Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:01:19 +0000

When we were young we picked and dried flowers with Shirley (before Nose Hill was protected). I kept them in an album. I have been planning on doing this with the kids, but with close up pictures, so they can have a flowers they have seen identification book.