In a time when it is easy to be overcome by fear or worry, we want this series of blog posts to give you simple, gentle, and dynamic ways to reclaim an atmosphere of peace, joy, and wonder in your home. We can all then help shine light to the world by sharing how we are choosing beauty daily. Please join us by using the hashtag #choosingbeauty on social media.
#ChoosingBeauty – Day 24
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“Help me to learn, even this late, the lessons of Your wonderful creations. Help me to unshackle and expand my soul to the fullest realization of Your wonders. Almighty God, make me bigger, make me broader!”
-Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of the Limberlost
Four Leaf Clover Watercolor by Olga Shvartsur (2013; used with permission)
Activities
Look: Have you seen this plant in your yard? Look at this watercolor painting by Olga Shvartsur. Olga lives in Seattle, Washington. How many shades of green did the artist use? Study the painting. Notice everything you can and try to remember it. What do you think the leaves feel like? Close your eyes. Can you still imagine the picture? Look again. Now look away. Tell everything you remember without looking.
Read: “Umbrella Plants and Flower Butterflies” Burgess Flower Book by Thornton Burgess
Observe: Take a walk around your home and neighborhood. Find a place to sit where you may see clover. Can you find White or Red Clover? How would you describe their smell? Pick a few different types of leaves to observe. How do they feel? How are they alike and different? Can you find any with four leaves? Dig up a clump of clover and observe the roots. What do you notice? Farmers like to plant clover in their fields sometimes, because the little nodules in the roots have bacteria that give nitrogen back to the soil, which feeds the crops later. If you like, sketch or watercolor in your nature journal.
Read: “A Fairy Song” by William Shakespeare
Listen: “My Lord, What a Morning” by Larry Farrow, performed by the Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy Concert Choir
Share: What was the hardest part of today? What was the best part of today? #choosingbeauty
More to Read and Do:
“Clover Blossom” Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott
“The Clovers” Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
Watercolor: Using only water, blue, yellow, red, and neutral tint, see how many shades of green you can make! Can you match all the greens in Olga Shvartsur’s painting?
©Charlotte Mason Institute 2020
