My family and I often venture out into the fields, forests, and rivers around our home. We bring along our collecting baskets, hoping to come across a treasure or two...
The children walk and run into different directions in our fields and each child notices something so tiny yet never insignificant in this wide open space.
My youngest son scouts for bugs, my daughter is on the lookout for mushrooms and flowers growing wild that she takes joy in identifying. A turkey tail mushroom here, and wild strawberries right over there!
We are always adding to our nature collection that lives on a sunny windowsill in the kitchen. I love to gaze at these treasures while finding my rhythm of washing dishes, recalling the day and past day's journey outdoors:
I enjoy watching the freedom my children experience while we are out on one of our hunts. They each bring so much of their own positive energy to the adventure and each child comes home with a different story and treasure, unique to each of them.
{ The children imagine these interesting found root forms as a slide, gnome homes, and a pencil holder}
{The most thrilling find for the children was this speckled wild turkey egg shell that was left behind after a recent hatching}
{Some previous finds from our walks on the beach. The children enjoy making mobiles from the driftwood and shells.}
Mica is abundant in the rivers and fields around our home. Our daughter refers to these magical minerals as 'fairy mirrors.' The Luna moth was found on the lawn after its brief one week life-span had ended. We learned that they do not have mouths, as there is no need for them to eat with such a short life. Check out this amazing photo chart of its life cycle.
I wish many treasure-filled days to you!
