and now it's spring

We went to the park with the kids a few days ago, to play in the water and have lunch. Of course, since the weather is whacky (and not just in Georgia), it was hot and only the middle of March. 

Micah was very intent on throwing sand into the water, while Lucy daintily dipped her toes in and waved around a shovel. Henry was adventurous, though, and waded out up to his chest in the rather cold lake water.

Spring has come, and brought with it a thick layer of yellow pine pollen, as usual. I always hope it won't happen, but it always does. Luckily, I'm not too allergic to the pine pollen--it's the privet and other flowering monsters who get me later in April. I'm so excited. -.-

I've been feeling the itch to paint or draw something colorful (happens every spring). Maybe I'll get to that this weekend.

I've been trying to read more (not very successfully), but I did stumble upon an completely captivating book through an interview on NPR. It's called Design in Nature, by Adrian Bejan. He's the engineer who discovered the constructal law, as he calls it--the newest law of physics that explains the reason behind the designs we see in nature, engineering and society. It's fascinating, albeit scientific, and I've been reading the book on my Kindle app whenever I have a break.

Anyway, I need to get ready for school. Linguistics class--which, by the way, is just so cool.

I hope you have a lovely week!

- caroline

spring break

Hello again. I'm on spring break! My first official spring break, in fact.

Our tiny camellia shrub is in bloom, isn't it adorable? And the Bradford Pear trees are growing foliage before flowers, which is the strangest sight, considering we've been around Bradfords for a decade and they always bloom first and leaf later.

Did you know that rosemary plants flowered? A lovely periwinkle blue.

These pictures are of Quinn making a slingshot. He claims that it totally worked, but I was making lunch and cannot attest to having witnessed any such event.

I made tortellini, spinach and sausage soup for lunch -- it was so good that we just ate the leftovers for dinner. ;) 

What else is new with me... We've been watching Felicity, which is pretty entertaining. Oh, also, check out Sarah Zuniga. She's a very talented singer/songwriter who I met in my Linguistics class. Logan and I are hoping to shoot a video with her soon. :)

Today I've been reading Seth Godin's Stop Stealing Dreams, which relates his thoughts on the current education system and how we need to revolutionize schooling for our new age. It's so sensible and obvious and, frankly, infuriating that the taught mindset is based on Industrial Revolution era values. If you're interested in education or the betterment of America, it's a well-articulated, interesting read.

Anyway, on to homework and et cetera... 

Have a lovely weekend!

- caroline