Loving Nature: Our Favorite Tree

The picture you see on the top of the page was taken in Olathe, Kansas at Mahaffie Park. This is the greatest tree for climbing and exploring. If you live in Olathe...visit the tree every season.

Quotes

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ~Eleonora Duse
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. ~e.e. cummings
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. ~John Burroughs
Nature is my medicine. ~Sara Moss-Wolfe
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. ~ George Washington Carver
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu

My Life List

American Coot
American Gold Finch
American Robin
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Barred Owl
Black-capped Chickadee
Bluejay
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canadian Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Towhee
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Great Blue Heron
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Loggerhead Shrike
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Harrier
Northern Mockingbird
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Snow Goose
Song Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-crowned Night-heron

Hello from Heaven

Birds, flowers, stars, trees, snowflakes, frogs, bugs, raindrops...what blessings we get to experience. We are the Sheafer's and we love nature.

We are a homeschool family of eight. We enjoy letterboxing, geocaching, fishing, hiking, thunderstorms, star gazing, gardening, playing in the water, and most anything that nature offers.

One thing we love most, is bird watching. We have multiple feeders and we often go for drives just to find a 'new' bird. The birds are a rainbow in the snow and a hello from heaven.

This blog is all about our nature experiences...the moments when we heard "hello."

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Our Favorite Tree

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