Gratitude Challenge

I love sunny summer days! I’m sure you’ve put on a pair of sunglasses at least once. Let’s pause for a moment to be thankful that they were created. (I love writing up these challenges, because they give me a wonderful excuse to go down rabbit holes, googling and clicking links! I’m sure I’ve thrown …

Buzz Buzz Let’s hear it for our pollinators, the busy little bee. For those of you with a bee allergy, this is a stretch goal! It’s hard to appreciate wasps, hornets or yellow jackets, who seem to get pleasure from dive-bombing and stinging (or is that just something they reserve for me?). I turned to …

I can’t believe I’ve never done a gratitude challenge around butterflies. I love these beautiful insects! Fun with language: in german they are called ‘Schmetterling’, while in French they are called ‘Papillon’ and in Hawaiian they are ‘lelelele’. Whatever they are called, they flit around with their splashy wings of color and put a smile …

July 4th we celebrate our country’s independence from Britain. I am a rule follower, so I am pretty sure if I were alive back then, I would have been exceptionally reluctant to fight against the British. If you have forgotten all your US History (it has been a while since I was in a classroom), …