For the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, I really wanted a coloring page that was free to print. I decided to draw one myself. Catholic Icing has a nice coloring page that shows Our Lady in the womb of Saint Anne, and she is being blessed with the grace of…
by Alecia Rolling, originally posted at www.therollingacresfarm.com on April 12, 2012 A few years ago, I built a cold-frame for my spring seedlings, and it has since become a mainstay in our garden. Yes, I built it myself, using a handsaw, screws, and a screwdriver! In other words, you need…
In the book “Heidi”, little Heidi describes the sunset as the time of day when “the sky is on fire”. When we read this book back in September, the children wondered what that phrase truly meant. Well, we finally had such an event as our sky catching on fire.
By Alecia Rolling This was a very simple recipe. We rolled out our homemade pizza dough, covered it with butter and brown sugar. Sliced bananas onto the top and sprinkled chocolate chips all around. A handful of oatmeal and a drizzling of sweetened evaporated milk finished it off! We baked…
by Alecia Rolling; originally posted at www.therollingacresfarm.com March 30, 2012 By far the most exciting find of 2012 was the Seaside and Wayside Nature Readers I-IV. (Also available free at Gutenberg Project.) These have been great read aloud books for our kids, who are so interested in knowing the animals and insects around…
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by Alecia Rolling, original writing posted on September 9th, 2012 at www.therollingacresfarm.com After Mass today, we enjoyed a lovely afternoon hiking in the Shenandoah River State Park. We hiked on two trails. First, the Cottonwood Trail is rated as an easy trail, and most of the trail is a boardwalk. This…
