Copywork/quotes on God & Our Country

http://usachristianministries.com/americanhistory.html


Useful as history quotes for discussion, historic purposes, copywork, memory work...your choice.

Also check out this book. I have it and love reading through all the great quotes and mini-biographies.

Dog Days

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I love the “dog days of summer”. I love to feel the warmth of the sun! My St. Bernard, on the other hand, is looking forward to winter. I used to love winter and still do but nowadays I can only handle so much of it. You see, I'm pretty much cold during the whole winter and can never get warm. That can get tiring after a while. If I had a fire place that would be a different story. I'd probably sit in front of it all winter long and be content. 

Here are all the things I love summer for: 
Sprinklers 
Sunshine 
Longer daylight 
Green everywhere (my favorite color) 
Thunderstorms 
Lightning Bugs or Fireflies (depends on what you want to call them) 
Starry skies at night
Listening to the frogs sing in the evening 
Listening to the birds sing in the morning 
Enjoying lots of play time with the kiddos 

I'm sure there is more I just can't think of any of it right now. 

Of course, most good things have their down side too. A few things I don't like about summer; mosquitoes (we have a lot around here), humidity, lawn mowing. 

I'm actually enjoying my summer though. We are doing a little summer school. We are reading a nature reader and a history reader, doing some math work etc. How is your summer?