Category Archives: winter

Jack Frost, a poem and printable colouring page

By Headmistress | Published: December 17, 2016

I have always found the notion of Jack Frost enchanting. I don’t know why. I just do. Poems of Home: II. For Children The Frost Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865) THE FROST looked forth, one still, clear night, And he said, “Now I shall be out of sight; So through the valley and over the height […]

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Winter Poem

By Headmistress | Published: January 16, 2009

It’s Winter Here In: WISCONSIN/New Hampshire/Chicago/Sasquatchewan/ Canada/Michigan/NebraskaNorth Dakota/ Alaska/ Ohio/ Iowa…. It’s winter in (insert place name here)And the gentle breezes blowSeventy miles an hourAt twenty-five below. Oh, how I love (insert place name here)When the snow’s up to your butt [Granny Tea, I’m sorry- I didn’t write it]You take one breath of winterBut then […]

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I suppose there are some compensations for 25 degrees below 0…

By Headmistress | Published: December 23, 2008
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Snowflakes

By Headmistress | Published: December 20, 2008

Stunning photographs, a beautiful video of a snowflake growing under lab conditions, and links to information on how to photograph snowflakes yourself. Check it out.

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Our Day

By Headmistress | Published: December 19, 2008

Unlike our friends in the city, we kept our power. We were awakened by the sound of trees cracking and snapping and falling to the ground with earth-shaking thuds. We listened to trees cracking and breaking all day long. We lost a gate. It will take many hours of work to clear the logs and […]

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