In case you’ve found this, and used to read my postings, and have come back for more – thank you and welcome back! It’s been since pre-pandemic — doesn’t that relate to so much! — that I’ve traveled much. We have gone a few places, and I’ll catch up with a few of those; however, […]
Entries Tagged as 'museum'
An Art Surprise — and Welcome back!
March 2nd, 2024 · Comments Off on An Art Surprise — and Welcome back! · Art, Education, Garden, Museums, Site Seeing, travel
Tags: art·John Singer Sargent·museum
A taste of Northern Iceland
September 2nd, 2019 · Comments Off on A taste of Northern Iceland · Education, History, Iceland, Lesson Learned, Museums, Musings, Site Seeing, travel
Onwards to the north of Iceland – or at least part of it. Today’s journey takes us to Iceland’s second largest city: Akureyri. When we arrived it was 45 degrees, starting to rain, and the weather would get even more interesting! Let me say that anyone who is packing for Iceland, do follow all the […]
Tags: Cold winter evenings·crewel work·embroidery·history·horses·Iceland·learning·museum·snow·stables·textile
If you’re only looking at the mountains, you’re missing the fish and agriculture!
August 26th, 2019 · 2 Comments · Children, Iceland, Itinerary, Musings, Play, Site Seeing, travel
We began our day at the Northern Light Inn in Grindavik. We ended our day at the Hotel Borgarnes in Borgarnes. (A note about the hotel – a good basic place, small, but clean rooms with one of the tinyest bathrooms ever; and a quite good breakfast). In between, a visit to a family owned fish […]
Tags: bathroom·beauty·fish·fish factory·food·horse·horses·hotel·Iceland·mittens·museum·rocks·sheep·travel
More about the Erie Canal
October 2nd, 2018 · Comments Off on More about the Erie Canal · Museums, Musings, photo of the week, travel, Website of the Week
A picture truly is worth a thousand words – here are the winners of the Erie Canal photo contest : ENJOY! I so enjoyed our week on the Erie, I look forward to one day going back to do it again. I’d love to drive along the Erie from one end to the other […]
Tags: Erie Canal·learning·museum·time·travel
Country School Houses
June 14th, 2017 · 1 Comment · Children, Country Schools, Education, Museums, Shaker, Site Seeing, Teaching & Learning, Volunteer
What a day! On this last day of the Country School Association of America conference, we spent from 8 to 6:30 on a bus driving about the local area of New Hampshire visiting no less than nine – yes – NINE – one room country schools! Just amazing. This is my first time at this […]
Tags: Children·country school·Hancock Shaker Village·learning·museum·one-room schoolhouse·photo·reading·school·students·teaching