The green trees stood proudly in the sea of bright young grass. No human footsteps had ever crossed the path, no harsh boot prints had pressed the flowers. Only the squirrels skittered happily, gathering their nuts gratefully from the giving trees, who graced their arms down to them to let them pick enough for a…
Unicorn Cupcakes Tutorial!
My nine year old sister was having a unicorn themed birthday party, and asked for unicorn cupcakes (and I said yes). I was going to use fondant – everyone in my family loves fondant and I have a little bit of experience with it – and make one of those multi layer cakes coated in…
DIY Corkboard!
I was at a conference in August, and they had a really cool Maker Space with a giant box of corks (I think they were donated by a restaurant?) and some hot glue guns. I have wanted a corkboard for a while, so I decided to hot glue together some (well, 140 – I didn’t…
Poetry: Cello
A bow across strings, Dusty rosin dancing, Fingers flying, Shifting, Leaping, Notes on a page, Standing strong and still, Like little soldiers waiting for their turn to march, Pages flying to and fro, And the sound, Deep and high, Magical and hopeful, Sad and quiet, Joyful and loud, The perfect instrument– Cello. Well, cello is…
Timberdoodle Secular Elite Eighth Grade Unboxing!
If you have been reading this blog for a while, then you (probably) know that I’m homeschooled. I got a chance to review the Timberdoodle Secular Elite Eighth Grade Kit, so I wrote an unboxing post. Here it is! (BTW I have flipped through all of the products to see what they are like–I just…
Poetry: Crazy
Crazy Fast in circles round and round– Cuckoo cuckoo flop! Chaos galore, screaming loud!
Guest Post by Anna: Cali and the Lovedove!
Once we were taking Cali on a walk. Cali found a lovedove. Then Cali chased it. And played with it. They were friends. They played together for one hour. And they jumped onto a tree. And then Cali had to go home. But Cali was sad. So we made Cali a stuffed animal of it….
Story Musing #2
Okay, I’ve hit 5,000 words! For Camp NaNo so far, I think I’ve been doing…okay. (FYI, I changed my goal from 30,000 words to 25,000 words) I have been writing about Johnny the Fairy Godbrother, and right now one of my characters is yelling at everybody else that they shouldn’t be hiding and that they…
Story Musing
This year for Camp NaNoWriMo, I will be most of the time in Scotland and some time in England. Luckily, I was able to find a story idea (exactly one day before Camp NaNoWriMo!)–an old idea but turned into a (hopefully) 30,000 word novel. It will be about this ten year old boy named Johnny,…
100 Word Story: Truly
The night is dark, but not to her. With her thick black fur and blinding white teeth, she is one with the night. Everybody feared her, with her black paws that hid long dagger nails, and her yellow-green eyes that could blaze through the night. But was she truly scary? Was her teeth so violent? …