Today my blog is ONE year old! Boy, that was a mighty fast year!
I was going to say it's my blogoversary, but I wasn't sure of the correct spelling. Blogiversary? Blogaversary?? Too many variables. I'm just calling it a birthday, and since it is a birthday, there must be cake. Candles too, and we will eat it by my sunny windows and call it a By Sun and Candlelight Cake. :) (Honestly, I could come up with a baked good for any possible occasion.) Really, I wish I could share a piece with you; there's plenty of fresh hot coffee, too. :)
So naturally I am feeling a little pensive about my blog today. I am very grateful for it; it's an awful lot of fun and I find I enjoy writing very much. In fact, sometimes I worry I might post too much, lol! I know myself how hard it can be to keep up with daily blog reading, especially as there are so many great blogs out there!
So I was looking at the calendar and imagining all the things I might blog about in the year ahead. Here are some topics for spring and summer:
April:
- Holy Week & Easter
- Early Spring Field Day
- Science topic: earth/soil
- Puddles, mud, sandbox
- Looking for rainbows
- Listening for peepers
- Middle Ages: Cathedrals
- Opening Day
- Make Way for Ducklings
- Arbor Day (or Earth Day)
- Divine Mercy Sunday
- Feast of St. George (and the Dragon)
- Sheepshearing Festival
- Spring Soccer
May:
- May Day
- Marian devotion
- Prayer Garden
- Kentucky Derby Day
- Mother's Day
- Science Topic: air
- Kites, pinwheels, bubbles
- Crackerjack's First Holy Communion
- Rogation Days
- Memorial Day Weekend
- Planting at long last
- Baltimore Orioles passing through (birds not baseball)
- Mushrooms in the lawn
- Pentecost Sunday
- Rhubarb ripe
June:
- Trinity Sunday
- Feast of Corpus Christi
- Strawberry picking
- Flag Day
- Father's Day
- Science topic: fire
- Bonfires, beeswax candles and cookouts
- Summer Solstice
- Bookworm's 12th Birthday
- Feast of St. John the Baptist (Midsummer)
- Slugs, bugs and toads in the garden
- Wrapping up the academic year
- Lemonade Stand
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
July:
- Filing the new educational plans
- Filing the end-of-the-year reports
- Daylilies blooming
- The Fourth of July
- Bill's Birthday
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
- Raspberries Ripe
- Red Sox games
- Christmas in July (Begin planning)
- Beach days (tidepooling)
- Seashore Nature Study
- Field Day by the Sea
- Thunderstorms
- Crickets at night
- Feast of St. Christopher
August:
- Lammas Day
- VBS: Avalanche Ranch
- 4Real Conference
- Crackerjack's 8th Birthday
- Feast of the Assumption
- Herbs & Honey
- The Orchard: Peaches, Plums, Blueberries
- Patriots Preseason Football
- The Farmstand: corn, tomatoes, melon
- Fireflies & Shooting Stars
- Watching Bats at Dusk
- Our Lady of Knock
- Queenship of Mary
Well, that's a start anyway! ;)
Seriously though, one thing I love about blogging is how it helps me focus on all the joys of the seasons as they come and go. I may not blog about each and every thing I listed above, but it's nice to remember all the good things life holds in store all year round.
Before I wrap up, I would like to mention my next Field Day (number six!) is just around the corner. The Early Spring Edition will run Friday April 13th. (No, I don't believe in bad luck, lol. My Crackerjack was born on a Friday the 13th and ever since that day has been one of my favorites!)
I hoped to have a button ready to go today, but that's yet another project on the back burner. Maybe this weekend. In the meantime mark your calendars for the 13th of April and get those nature studies rolling!
Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for reading this post which I really did not mean to let get so long, but sometimes, when the kids are quiet and the coffee's hot, I really get around to thinking ...
God bless!!
P.S. I'm thinking of changing my blog topper and colors. Are you tired of the blue and pink roses too, lol? Don't be surprised if you see a different look (or two) before the weekend is up! Of course I may completely chicken out. ;)
