Happy winter solstice!
Ren Allen
Last night at 7:22pm was officially the winter equinox, but we
celebrated winter solstice today with gingerbread house making and
putting out bird feeders the kids made.
Happy winter solstice everyone!!:)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
celebrated winter solstice today with gingerbread house making and
putting out bird feeders the kids made.
Happy winter solstice everyone!!:)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
Maisha Khalfani
Last night at 7:22pm was officially the winter equinox, but we
celebrated winter solstice today with gingerbread house making and
putting out bird feeders the kids made.
Happy winter solstice everyone!!:)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
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Same to you Ren! I'm glad I'm not the only one out there honoring the Wheel of the Year. The kids love this time of year. We start out with Yule, roll into Christmas, and end with Kwanzaa. It's like a week of celebration.
I'd love the recipe for your gingerbread house. It sounds like fun. How long did the whole process take from start to finish?
Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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celebrated winter solstice today with gingerbread house making and
putting out bird feeders the kids made.
Happy winter solstice everyone!!:)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
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Same to you Ren! I'm glad I'm not the only one out there honoring the Wheel of the Year. The kids love this time of year. We start out with Yule, roll into Christmas, and end with Kwanzaa. It's like a week of celebration.
I'd love the recipe for your gingerbread house. It sounds like fun. How long did the whole process take from start to finish?
Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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Sylvia Toyama
Thanks, Ren. We had a solstice/yule celebration at Jenny's farm yesterday. Lots of food --a delicious vegetarian stew -- and drink and kids playing inside and out. We built a small cave, and at 5:22 pm (our local time solstice) we filled it with candles and a small mother-child figure (made of sparkly gold pipe cleaners for the baby sun). Several of us sang a solstice song for/with the kids. At one point in the evening, someone broke out the guitars and mandolins, along with some other instruments for some wonderful music.
By late in the evening, we were down to three couples and 6 kids (4 of whom drifted off to sleep at some point). When we left after 10 pm, there was still one candle burning in our cave.
Really a very nice welcome back for the sun. And now the days are longer -- whether or not I can notice the difference, just knowing there was more sunlight today than yesterday is nice. We've spent most of the week at home -- baking, playing with new toys, and just being. The last two months have been busy and transitional, so it's nice to just rest and have fun, while getting ready for Christmas.
Happy solstice -- and Christmas and New Year -- to everyone!
Sylvia
Mom to
Will (almost 22!) Andy (10-1/2) and Dan (almost 6)
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By late in the evening, we were down to three couples and 6 kids (4 of whom drifted off to sleep at some point). When we left after 10 pm, there was still one candle burning in our cave.
Really a very nice welcome back for the sun. And now the days are longer -- whether or not I can notice the difference, just knowing there was more sunlight today than yesterday is nice. We've spent most of the week at home -- baking, playing with new toys, and just being. The last two months have been busy and transitional, so it's nice to just rest and have fun, while getting ready for Christmas.
Happy solstice -- and Christmas and New Year -- to everyone!
Sylvia
Mom to
Will (almost 22!) Andy (10-1/2) and Dan (almost 6)
Peace is the vibrant space which stimulates the dance of kindness, merriment and freedom. ~ unknown
http://ourhapahome.blogspot.com
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Julie v.
We celebrated on thursday evening with some homeschooling/unschooling families. Had
a big feast of lots of yummy food along with mulled wine & mulled cider and they topped
it off with a sun cake and we all sang the happy birthday song to the sun. We had a
handmade gift exchange and each family got to light a candle and give wishes/hopes for
the new year. As a group we sang "here comes the sun" by the beatles and we were given
the story of the "baby sun king" which my son (4.75) really enjoyed. Looking forward to
starting new traditions with our family by celebrating the solstice every year.
Julie
a big feast of lots of yummy food along with mulled wine & mulled cider and they topped
it off with a sun cake and we all sang the happy birthday song to the sun. We had a
handmade gift exchange and each family got to light a candle and give wishes/hopes for
the new year. As a group we sang "here comes the sun" by the beatles and we were given
the story of the "baby sun king" which my son (4.75) really enjoyed. Looking forward to
starting new traditions with our family by celebrating the solstice every year.
Julie
--- In [email protected], "Ren Allen" <starsuncloud@...> wrote:
>
> Last night at 7:22pm was officially the winter equinox, but we
> celebrated winter solstice today with gingerbread house making and
> putting out bird feeders the kids made.
>
> Happy winter solstice everyone!!:)
>
> Ren
> learninginfreedom.com
>
Maisha Khalfani
How can I link to the Natural Child Project from my blog? I'd like to put the actual "button" or emblem on my site...is that possible?
Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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Rue Kream
>>How can I link to the Natural Child Project from my blog? I'd like to putthe actual "button" or emblem on my site...is that possible?
**Hi Maisha - This page tells you how to link to the site:
http://www.naturalchild.com/buttons.html. ~Rue
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Joyce Fetteroll
On Dec 27, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Maisha Khalfani wrote:
1) You'll need to download one of the logos from their site to your
computer. (Option click (Mac) or right click (PC) on the image and it
will ask (among other things) if you want to download it or save to
disk or something like that.)
2) Then upload it to a site like Photobucket (http://
www.photobucket.com) or Flickr (http://www.flickr.com). (Photobucket
is easier since it gives you the code you need right on the gallery
of photos you have. WIth Flickr you have to click through a couple of
screens to get to it.)
3) At Photobucket click on the code labeled HTML Tag. (It
automatically highlights it and copies it for you.)
4) Paste that into your blog entry. It will look something like:
<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://
i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/avnhisky/Menvy.jpg" border="0"
alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
5) Then change the "http://photobucket.com/" (right at the beginning
after the "<a href=") to "http://www.naturalchild.org"
And you're done :-)
Joyce
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> How can I link to the Natural Child Project from my blog? I'd likeIt's easy to do but sounds complex when explained! ;-)
> to put the actual "button" or emblem on my site...is that possible?
1) You'll need to download one of the logos from their site to your
computer. (Option click (Mac) or right click (PC) on the image and it
will ask (among other things) if you want to download it or save to
disk or something like that.)
2) Then upload it to a site like Photobucket (http://
www.photobucket.com) or Flickr (http://www.flickr.com). (Photobucket
is easier since it gives you the code you need right on the gallery
of photos you have. WIth Flickr you have to click through a couple of
screens to get to it.)
3) At Photobucket click on the code labeled HTML Tag. (It
automatically highlights it and copies it for you.)
4) Paste that into your blog entry. It will look something like:
<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://
i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/avnhisky/Menvy.jpg" border="0"
alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
5) Then change the "http://photobucket.com/" (right at the beginning
after the "<a href=") to "http://www.naturalchild.org"
And you're done :-)
Joyce
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Joyce Fetteroll
On Dec 27, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Maisha Khalfani wrote:
course. My instructions are more thorough but she has some logos on
this page:
http://www.naturalchild.org/buttons.html
You *could* copy the code under the logo you want but don't do that.
Every time your page gets loaded it will drive up her bandwidth just
accessing the logo to display. (She shouldn't even offer it!)
But what you can copy from there are the width and height sizes for
the logo. That will help your page load faster. Paste it into the
HTML right before the "border="0"" text.
If something in there isn't clear, just ask!
Joyce
> How can I link to the Natural Child Project from my blog? I'd likeOkay, I found this buried on her site right after I clicked send of
> to put the actual "button" or emblem on my site...is that possible?
course. My instructions are more thorough but she has some logos on
this page:
http://www.naturalchild.org/buttons.html
You *could* copy the code under the logo you want but don't do that.
Every time your page gets loaded it will drive up her bandwidth just
accessing the logo to display. (She shouldn't even offer it!)
But what you can copy from there are the width and height sizes for
the logo. That will help your page load faster. Paste it into the
HTML right before the "border="0"" text.
If something in there isn't clear, just ask!
Joyce
Maisha Khalfani
Joyce Fetteroll <fetteroll@...> wrote:
It's easy to do but sounds complex when explained! ;-)
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Thanks! It was actually easier to do it that way than the email that you sent afterwards. LOL
Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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It's easy to do but sounds complex when explained! ;-)
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Thanks! It was actually easier to do it that way than the email that you sent afterwards. LOL
Namaste
Maisha
http://khalfanifamilyadventures.blogspot.com
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life" ~ The Dalai Lama
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