Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area...The Big Hike!

The morning of the Big Hike is crisp, but the sun is shining

and there is no wind...

the perfect day for a hike.

The discoveries we made; even things we take for granted such as bark held new wonders to behold.

Up close and personal with a deer jaw bone...
now that's something you don't do everyday.

Yikes! Yes, that skin used to be on a snake; a big 'en!

The Minor-Porter Log House

http://www.ias.unt.edu/llela/main.htm

Be sure to look under LLELA Homestead photos for more detailed pictures!

Our guide talks to us about daily life for the homesteaders.

No one wanted to trade their nice, big, air conditioned,

heated home for this log cabin!

Cooking and preserving food, making candles, spinning wool and cotton, washing and mending clothes and planting and harvesting the garden were just a few of the chores the family had to perform.

Butter churning most often was one of the children's jobs.

Making bird feeders completed the day of discovery and activity on our hike. Once a sugar cone has a pipe cleaner stem inserted through a hole in the bottom, (this is now the top to hang) one spreads a generous amount of peanut butter onto the cone. Now, roll the cone in bird seed. Voila! A nutritious snack for our feathered friends, complete with hanger to adorn the trees.

We lined the pathway to the cabin with birdfeeders.

Prepare a separate project with the same ingredients,

substituting granola for the birdseed

(there is no need for a pipecleaner)

and you have a great snack for the kiddos!

These are the days...

Like Mom always said, "If you don't eat a pound of dirt,

you'll never amount to anything!"

The great outdoors and special friends...

just the way God wanted it to be!

(Special thanks to my hiking friend for some great pictures!)

Come Butter Come

“Come butter come, come butter come…Butter Bean is at the garden gate waiting for a butter cake, come butter come, come butter come.”