Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Shed

As part of my Waldorf wanna-be persona, I set up this little nature table in the corner of our living room (before it had been a nature windowsill, which tended to get dusty and neglected). E and Z enjoy changing the day on the seasonal calendar (which we only remember to do about once a week) and adding little bits of rock and wild apples to the collection.



Yesterday while I was on the phone with my mom I sat down on the couch and saw this out of the corner of my eye.


With a lot of "ungh, ungh, ungh" ing, I picked it up with the tips of my fingers and transferred it upstairs to M's closet where he keeps a box of feathers and snake skins (more "ungh, ungh, ungh"). My mom thought this was most amusing.
When C got home with the boys, I asked him if he had added it to the nature table, but he said he found it with E and Z and they put it on the table of their own volition. Then I felt bad, and thought it wouldn't set a good example to be freaked out by something as harmless as snakeskin (to be clear, I am not freaked out by snakes, but the texture of the skin sicks me out--as does peeling sunburn, baked, cracked mud, and a variety of other things with a mungy texture).
I relented, retrieved the skin and returned it to the table before they noticed it was gone...


just to show we appreciate all nature in our house...even the mungy kind.

3 comments:

  1. Great post! This reminds me of Susan G. Wooldridge's nature writing exercises in her book poemcrazy. I love your photos and what you've created.

    P.S. I received Gemini #10 in the mail today and I can't wait to read it tonight as my nightly read!! Thanks!

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  2. I totally want to set up a nature table - I just am not sure where...

    (and I LOVE skin peelings! I was peeling off LSP's post-sunburn skin just this morning!)

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  3. Kim--Thanks. I'll have to check out that book.

    LSM--Ewww! There's a nature table flicr group that is full of ideas and inspiration (just search "the nature table" from the groups section of flickr). It took me a while to find the right location...we'll see how the end table works (if more animal bits get added I might have to move it somewhere less central).

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