Happy Hearts At Home

John Steinbeck 's "rudimentary suggestions for the beginner": "Don't start by trying to make the book chronological...

Grow herbs, salad greens, etc. all year round. See here.

See here.

Each year on October 23rd, the Day of San Juan, thousands of swallows leave their mud nests at the San Juan Capistrano Mission and head sou...

I could get lost in that Chinoiserie wallpaper! Click on pictures to enlarge. What a fabulous transformation, one that I need to do, altho...

We are finally getting new windows. We purchased our home in 1999, and I believe the windows are original to the house built in 1972. It...

During the past few years I've seen food prices rise at least 30%. I found myself having to redefine dollar stretching frugality. I thou...

Items from the garden painted with watercolors and pressed onto paper. There is also a crayon leaf rubbing in there as well. Things we tried...

Before the sun peaked over the horizon, I heard a little voice this morning asking repeatedly, "Draw me a cat, draw me a cat, pleeease...

Image source here at About.com Homeschooling . Click on image to enlarge, or go to image source to download. We are working on this one tomo...

I have to remind myself to use this resource more often! National Geographic is an excellent source of free historical articles, pictures, q...

A huge collection of free vintage prints from the NY Public Library Digital Library of clothing and costumes from around the world during di...

I saw these at About.com Homeschooling . Two of my favorite: Hitting the Homeschool Wall by Holly Richardson Avoiding Homeschool Burno...

 See picture: I used two of the pieces at left, and five of the pieces on the right( two for each shelf, and one on top to stabilize). ...

Pages include background and historical information, and some offer links to free e-texts . This is a fabulous homeschool resource, and is b...

A helpful blog post here: Addressing Reluctance in Your Homeschool.

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup sliced green onions 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach , thawe...