A Place Like This

Category: Book of Days

  • Let Us Eat…….

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Cake ? No not cake but bread pizza. One of the items on the summer list is cooking. Mimi is an able bodied chef but young brother "O" is wanting to learn to cook "family favorites." How thrilled was I when we got the latest edition of the summer Book of Days? I had forgotton…

  • Together We Build

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Two friends, one a lego designer, the other an animator/inventor. Four hands May's edition of Book of Days the recycling bins  scissors,glue, and a little bit of duck tape.                                                                                        Makes for an afternoon of machine inventing.                               

  • A forgotten box………

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    Valarie Budayr
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             He had forgotten the hours he had spent pouring over the seed and plant catalogs. Nothing seemed to come to mind when he saw the box by the door. All he saw was his name on the label and the perpetual imaginings of what one could do with this box.          It would…

  • Sakura

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Sakura is the time of year when the cherry blossoms bloom. It is one of the ways Japan knows that spring is coming. They have this little song called Sakura which was written to teach koto students how to play. With it our some lovely words which reflect this beautiful time of year. Cherry blossoms,…

  • Butterflies

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Are you a Lepidopterologist  ?  Well if you love butterflies and want to know everything about them you are. Little boy "O" and I decided to spend some well deserved time in the Book of Days.  We are revisiting our love of butterflies and our joy in drawing them. A huge thank-you to Stefani from Blue…