TO DO:

DECIDE YOUR FAVORITES

READ ENCYCLOPEDIAS

MAKE A PYRAMID

NO ELECTRONICS (WATCHES, MUSIC, SCALES INCLUDED)

BECOME AMIDEXTRIOUS

MAKE CONFETTI

LOOK UP

WALK WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED

DON’T USE YOUR THUMBS

PUT ON ALL YOUR JEWELRY

COLLECT EVERYTHING AND ARRANGE IT

DOCUMENT THE CORNERS OF YOUR HOUSE

CARD HOUSE

RESEARCH SOMETHING RANDOM (the 57 on the heinz ketchup bottle stands for the number of varieties of pickles they once had) (I also know a lot about pogs and staples)

TEMPORARY TATTOOS

SLIDE DOWN THE STAIRS IN A SLEEPING BAG INTO A PILE OF BEDDING

PHOTOSHOOT

DECONSTRUCT AND RECONSTRUCT SOMETHING

EXPERIENCE THE WEATHER

PLAY CATCH WITH ANYTHING

START A COLLECTION

ORGANIZE SOMETHING BY COLOR

TALK IN AN ACCENT

READ A BOOK WITH A FRIEND, ALTERNATE EVERY WORD

CHANGE RADIO STATIONS

OBSTACLE COURSE

MAKE UP SONGS ON THE FLY

MOP

WALK HOME BACKWARDS

LIVE OFF THE LAND

SCAVENGER HUNT

TEST EVERY MARKER IN YOUR HOUSE

CUT YOUR HAIR

FOLD THE LAUNDRY

WATCH INFOMERCIALS

EAT A MEAL WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED

REARRANGE YOUR ROOM

SING

LEARN PIG LATIN

RECORD THE DOINGS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

FORT

READ A BOOK UPSIDE DOWN

MAKE A PILE

MAKE HOUSES OUT OF PUZZLE PIECES

CLIMB ON THE ROOF

ROLL DOWN A HILL

WRITE ON YOURSELF

CREATE A MADLIB

EXPLORE A CLOSET

SCOPE OUT GOOD HIDE AND THE SEEK SPOTS

DUST

LOOK FOR OLD HALLOWEEN CANDY

SEARCH FOR SPARE CHANGE

READ POETRY

MAKE BUSINESS CARDS

WRITE A THANK YOU CARD

MAKE A PAPERCLIP CHAIN

MAKE POPSICLES

MAKE A TREE SWING

MAKE A MAP OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

LEMONAID STAND

GO PRINCESS IN THE PEA STYLE

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It’s the beginning of the rainy season. I love it. Last weekend when it was pouring, Mary and I went out and picked flowers to press. It was very festive, we wore rain boots, coats, and carried an umbrella. We were one of the few people out, and we walked around the neighborhood picking flowers. We had sneaky picking down. When we saw a bush that had lots of flowers on it, we would smell the flowers, or admire them, while plucking a stem casually. Or we would walk by, pretending not to notice the flowers, and stick our hand out to grab one.

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Aren’t they gorgeous?

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We lay them out of paper towels to they could dry and so we could pull any extra leaves off.

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Then we loaded them into tissue paper pages.

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And pressed them a little before we but them into big books.

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Alice and Wonderland, and a craft book were sufficient. Then we put them under a big heavy basket on the bookshelf and tried to forget about them.

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Here are some old pressed flowers, these ones above are a year are more old. It’s amazing to hold up the biggest flower and look at it full on. It looks 3D, but when you turn it 90 degrees it’s almost gone. Reminds me of Flat Stanley.

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But these I did this summer, and they still smell good. I cant wait to open these new flowers in a couple of months, it’s the best part!