This past week PBS and the BBC joined together to present Big Blue Live at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We watched the first two nights of the show and then realized it had been awhile since we had been to the aquarium. Time for a Field Trip to celebrate a beautiful summer day! Our family […]
Faithful Friends
we’re celebrating our dogs this week. Life would be dull without them. Here’s to the dogs we love – those that live with us now Koda, Easton, Tuesday, and Bosco #2 and those who live on in our memories – Daisy, Yaja, Sheba, Bosco #1, Lulu, Jojo the angel dog, Gina, Sammy, Lady Ginger, Katie, […]
Dog Days part 2
We have more dogs to read about! Let’s start with an alphabet book: Arf! Beg! Catch! Dogs from A to Z is a photographic essay on the things dogs do by Henry Horenstein. (Scholastic) Each page features a big and beautiful photo of a do (or more) in action. I’m amazed at how the […]
National Dog Day!
It’s National Dog Day – time to pamper our pooches! Tuesday, Bosco, and Easton are ready for a party. Here at A Field Trip Life, books are always a part of every activity. It also happens to be Mee Mee’s birthday so we all went out to celebrate. (Koda wasn’t happy because she wasn’t […]
Playing with Words
This week I am celebrating the written word. As a reader, teacher and writer, words are an important part of my life. I am currently at a workshop focused on writing for the children’s educational market. It is one of many workshops put on by the Highlights Foundation located on the founders’ family property in […]