Happy Hearts At Home

School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning...

Source: play-activities.com via Alexandra on Pinterest Allowing a child a sense of self is liberty and authenticity. What has mad...

At our city nature center, free canoe rental day.

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Source: translate.googleusercontent.com via Alexandra on Pinterest “Nowadays, people are so jeezled up. If they took some cha...

View from my window today. It's oddly spring-like this winter. I've even got daffodils and radish coming up! Our spring bushes are h...

Source: google.com via Alexandra on Pinterest Marjorie Pay Hinckley - “I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports ...

I ordered this last night for my daughter: Inchimals by Fat Brain Toys Product Description from Amazon: Inchimals is a set of 12 beautifull...

Spoiled pets seen here: Daily fish watching along with a short drink from the bowl by resident cat. Our betta fish hides in his castle from ...

More later... Picture taken at the end of a hike as we stood beneath the Dark Hollow Falls at the Shenandoah National Park.

I'm getting antsy to travel this summer, and thinking about visiting some caves. I found a list of five commercial "show" ca...

We had a great time at the Jersey Shore with family, and despite walking many miles on the boardwalk everyday, my husband and I still return...

I will be taking a little time with family. I'll return with pictures and saltwater taffy(well, virtual at least). Have a super week. Im...

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It has been warm enough on a few days to swim, so we put out our stock tank pool. We have too many trees to have a regular pool, and the are...

After Christmas we bought a Kindle to read ebooks - classics and others available in public domain. It turns out none of us like reading vir...

so we headed to a beach just down the road from us. Pooh Bear catching some rays .

The weather has been gorgeous here, and we are enjoying the light breezes and perfect temperatures before the heat sets in. We have very lon...

We are all sick with a cold virus. I'm not so inspired to post right now. I am thankful for the gorgeous weather we have been having. It...

My sister and her family came to visit this week. We had a great time touring the area with them. Pictured: The Casement Museum at Fort Monr...