The Rowdy Pea

little wonders of nature, found in the forest

 

A leaf skeleton. Here's Ivo showing how he can see right through it.

 

I love cute little mushrooms like these.

 

Lots of baby bugs living in (and eating up) a big acorn.

 

Coming across a shelter made by people. We could tell it had been there for a long time.

I hope your day is filled with some "little wonders of nature" too!

out of the prairie, into the woods

Well once again I've been a lazy blogger, but it's really not out of laziness, it's because there are some big, big changes going on at the Rowdy Pea Clubhouse (actually our apartment) and things have been crazy. We're moving in less than a week, yep, moving to the beautiful Blue Hills of Wisconsin. To a little ramshackly house deep in the forest, where we will live next door to Josh's life long best friend (this guy in case you've read his book) and his family, and fill our days with learning and playing and working together to make a go of country living. I'm not all that much of a "roughing it" kind of person, but I'm surprising myself and my family by completely embracing this adventure. 

But for now, the packing. Oh, the packing. I'm realizing we have a lot of stuff! I realize this every time we move, though.  It's always a good time to de-clutter and say, "Do I really want to think about where to keep this in the new house?" That's always a motivating force to downsize.