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February 4, 2017 by Shelly 2 Comments

Hitting the (Glass) Wall

Last summer our kids took us to go through the glass labyrinth located in the front yard area of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.

A labyrinth, as you probably know, is a maze, an irregular set of passageways that make it hard to find your way through from the beginning to the end. The walls of the passageways can be made out of all kinds of materials- hedge bushes, corn stalks, hay bales, mirrors or in this case, glass, making the walls see through.

It was fun to stand and watch for awhile. The adults had their guard up, but kids went in quickly and would run pell-mell into the glass walls. They would stop, confused, feel with their hands, turn, and then move forward quickly again till they hit another wall, and then another.

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March 21, 2016 by Shelly 4 Comments

Fruit Bearing

Shellycarlson.com | Blog: Fruit Bearing

It doesn’t get any better than sand hill plum jelly, or at least Calvin and many of my family believe that to be true.  Calvin watches the sand hill plum bushes that grow alongside the road near our home and studies their progress like most guys study football.

In the spring I hear how the bushes are beginning to bloom and how the blossoms are so fragrant.  I’ve grown to expect the large bouquets of blossoms that are brought into the house in whatever vase is at hand.  [Read more…]

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