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Starting A Collection For Fun and Learning

When home schooling kids there are so many things you can do that incorporate fun and learning. Then again, not having a structured curriculum often leaves you coming up blank with something new to do. This is where starting a collection comes in handy. I always tried to get as much education out of even the smallest activity. Think about it, just baking a cake can incorporate math, nutrition, history, time management, safety, and even spelling. The educational value and fun factor involved with starting and maintaining a collection is unlimited. Each of my three home schooled girls started a … Continue reading →

Chattanooga, TN: Rock City

Waterfall on Lover’s Leap Cliff, Rock City How do you get people to come pay money to experience a rock garden atop a mountain? One way is how Garnet Carter advertised it: by painting “See Rock City” on barns situated along highways. It all started in the late 1920s when Garnet and his wife, Frieda, decided to make a large walk-through garden on their estate atop Lookout Mountain in Georgia. Frieda diligently collected and preserved over 400 species of indigenous plants to tend and display in her garden. (Among other things, this earned her national acclaim from the Garden Club … Continue reading →

A New Home For Your Rock Collection

My mom started collecting rocks when I was in my teens. Over the past two decades the little dishes filled with colorful stones that adorned corner tables, bathroom vanities, and her bedroom bureau grew into an impressive stockpile of stones in assorted shapes and sizes. Slowly but surely, my mom’s rocks had steadily invaded of our home. A few years ago it got to the point where my dad suggested that the rocks find a new home. After careful thought and consideration they decided that the rocks would be better displayed in a rock garden than in various rooms throughout … Continue reading →