Lucy and Carolus Invite You Into The Woods

Today is a very special day !!! This is my 100th post on this little blog on mine. I have been saving these pictures I took when the woods were just waking up after a very long winter in Ontario. This is also a great excuse ( I don't really need one) for another giveaway. If you leave a comment you have a good chance of winning a set of cards I am going to make using the photographs from this post and a few others of my favorites from this spring. If you have children , gather them round the monitor I think they will enjoy this.

Once upon a time in a small town lived two bears, Lucy Emma and Carolus. Their mother named them after two very special people who taught the world about flowers and plants . They were Carolus Linnaeus and Lucy Emma Braun. They spent many mornings in their garden enjoying all the flowers there and learning the names of them. One beautiful spring morning Lucy and Carolus's mother suggested they go for a walk in the forest that was very close to their home . She packed up a small picnic for them and off they went. The forest was beautiful that morning and it didn't take long before they found a comfortable spot under a large tree to set down their tablecloth .

They were enjoying the mint tea and biscuits in their basket when they heard a small voice behind them.

Sitting in a branch was a very dapper little hedgehog whose name was Sacajawea . Lucy invited her to join them since they had plenty of tea and biscuits for all.

Sacajawea lived in the forest and had spent her life studying the native plants that grew there. Lucy and Carolus wanted to hear everything they could about these plants so that they could become as familiar with them as the flowers that grew in their garden back home.

They learned so much from each other and were having so much fun that even the rare birds of the forest like the wood duck came to see what the excitement was.

It was time for Lucy and Carolus to return home so they decided to meet with their new forest friend once a week so they could learn more about the forest and then share this information with their friends and family. They wanted to do all they could to help Sacajawea and ensure that she always had a beautiful place to live in the woods.

As the two bears left the woods that morning with their minds full of new plants and flowers and their heart filled with a new friendship formed the sun began to shine through the trees. A perfect end to a perfect morning.
I hope you enjoyed this little story I put together. The bears are ones I have had since I was a very young girl and they were already vintage when I was given them just in case you are starting to wonder how very old I must be ( Not that old!!!) . The clothes they are wearing for this photo shoot are the outfits I made for them again when I was young . That is part of this blogs story of the resurrection fern. You see what I am doing now, knitting and sewing , etc started a very long time ago and although there have been period of draught the interest and skills were never lost. Neither was my strong curiosity and love of the natural world.
Don't forget to leave a comment for the draw that will take place on monday morning. A reminder it isn't too late to make me a swap offer for a vintage fabric bundle. I am going to get these ready on the weekend when it is raining. I will leave you with a thought for the weekend. " To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while." Josh Billings

Comments

[Clara]

Love it...love it!!!
You have a lovely blog....I´m glad I found it....via flickr :)
Clara

[mayalu]

My three year old and I just read your lovely story together. We both loved it! Now we are off on a hunt for "my" beloved old Teddy. Thanks for such inspirational starts to the morning...so much better for me than caffeine!

[Steph]

If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise...I'm going to be humming that all day!
What a beautiful entry this is :-)

[Julie K in Taiwan]

I stumbled upon your blog today and my six year old daughter, Jaylene, and I just read your delightful story. Thank you so much for sharing it. I'll be adding you to my blogrolls list so that I won't miss one of your posts. Smiles, Julie K.

[Elsita]

CONGRATULATIONS MARGIE!!!!!
I read the story to Natalie and she loved it!!!
What a beautiful and special number 100 post! I loved the story, the photos and everything. I am so glad that you decided to start up your blog! I always knew that it was going to be wonderful!
Much love!
Elsita :)

[Patricia]

Happy 100th post! And I hope that there will be many more 100s of them to come.

I just wanted to let you know that I read your beautiful story to my two-year-old son before his nap yesterday, and he loved it. We read it through three times, and he insisted on clicking on all the pictures to see them close-up. (I think he felt that Sacagawea should have been a girl, though--already the editor at two years old, what can I say.) I think the story resonates with him because our bedtime ritual always involves a story that stars him as the hero (of course) encountering something in nature.

It was a finely crafted story, and the photos are just gorgeous.

I'm always on the lookout for pioneering women scientists, so I enjoyed learning about Lucy Emma Braun.

[ana rosa]

liked the tought for the weekend!
nice story,
fantastic beers! :)

[ana rosa]

oh!
I do not know what housecalls!!! is that to put buttons in?

Granni, was sew-maker (clothes-maker) during all her life...she begin learning the profession when she was 13 years old. She makes handmade evrything related to sewing...but she does not like embroid and man trouses.

[rebekalice]

what a lovely story :)