This week we took momma fishing. It got hot quick, but we still caught a few! Then we went to the farm in search of dark berries for a sweet summer treat amongst the brambles.
Learn how to find and harvest blackberries!
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Taking Fishing to the Next Level
Thor is taking fishing to the next level this year. While he has been fishing several times over the past few years, this year he began learning more about the process that comes after the catch. He is learning about and how to identify the various species of fish in our area as well as how to clean and prepare them to eat.
Corduroy the Bear’s Weekend with Thor
As part of Thor’s class, each child gets to bring Corduroy the Bear home for a weekend.
Along with Corduroy comes several books telling of some of Corduroy’s adventures.
While Corduroy may only be a little stuffed bear a weekend can provide some great value. When Thor was given the opportunity to bring Corduroy home we used it as more than just a teddy bear.
We emphasize responsibility, proper care of other’s things, and how to share and teach others about the things we enjoy.
“A Little Fellow Follows Me”
Many young ones are heading to the woods this weekend with the Juvenile hunt in full swing. I wanted to share a relevant and timely poem. While I am unsure of the original author and have seen a few different variations, it is the meaning and impact that matters.
If you have a little one following you, into the woods or just through life, then read this carefully and allow the weight of it to make you stronger. I read this daily to help me to be better for the ones that follow me!
“A LITTLE FELLOW FOLLOWS ME”
A careful man I want to be,
A little fellow follows me;
I do not dare to go astray,
For fear he’ll go the self-same way.
I cannot once escape his eyes,
What’er he sees me do, he tries;
Like me he says he’s going to be,
The little chap who follows me.
He thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every work of mine;
The base in me he must not see,
The little chap who follows me.
I must remember as I go,
Through summer’s sun and winter’s snow;
I’m building for the years to be
That little chap who follows me.
But after all it’s easier,
that brighter road to climb,
With little hands behind me —
to push me all the time.
And I reckon I’m a better man
than what I used to be…
Because I have this lad at home
who thinks the world of me
Do you have any readings or momentos that remind you of your purpose and the importance of being present and living the full life that GOD has created us to live?
Tend The Field
We cast dreams and have lofty goals.
We plan and talk about our long term outlook.
Five-year plans. Ten-year goals. Job advancement. Retirement plans. Kids college fund. Saving up for a dream hunt. The perfect forever home.
We look to the future and want more.
To get more, we must first take care of what we have.
We can not live out a great tomorrow without taking care of what needs to be taken care of today.
We can not just sit around and wait for more. We must take care of what is in front of us right now.
Before we get more, we must become more. Before taking over the farm we must first take care of our garden.
The first step to more is tending our field.
We must tend the field that we are given in order to receive a bigger field.
We must do what we can with what we have right where we are.
No handouts. No one owes us. Nothing is deserved.
We must earn it.
We must show ourselves capable, willing, and able to take care of what we have been blessed with in order to prepare ourselves for greater blessings.
Tend to the field we have been given.
Become more.
Become better.
Be prepared for more and the greater blessings that are to come.
Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
- Luke 12:48