Play Ideas

Wonderland of Spring Flowers: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont

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Our trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont came at the invitation of my friend Debi at GoExploreNature.com – although she doesn’t admit to being seen with us in her post about it.  We met up in the Claremont Village (Yale Street and surroundings) for a bite to eat and then headed off [...]

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Permission to Play for Grown-Ups

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Do you know why I love Mother’s Day and holidays and vacations? Because I give myself permission to play.  What if you gave yourself permission to play EVERY day? Natural Graffiti Write “nature notes” to yourself or your loved ones with shells, rocks, sticks. Write in the sand, in the snow, in the mud. Stack [...]

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Rain, Rain, Go and Play

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Did you go for a walk in the rain last weekend?  We did.     And we’ve also been playing A LOT more since the time change. I love it!  Paper Coterie runs a March photo scavenger  called #takingtimeforplay on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.  I’m loving all the play it’s inspired — even for [...]

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Rattlesnakes

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Rattlesnakes evoke fear when you head out on the trail or into the wilderness. Right now, I’m thinking of a number of family members and friends who won’t even want to read this post, because they are already so freaked out by snakes.  I’m not petrified, but I am cautious. Rattlesnakes are a member of [...]

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Why?

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As I approach my 4 year mark in the blogging world, I find it useful to ask myself “Why?”  Why do I do this?  And why can’t I stop? For the Love of Writing I am a writer. I write. That’s what I do. In elementary school, I wrote poems in a little book with [...]

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