Bringing the Outside In

Woodland Style by Marlene Hurley Marshall is a lovely book about bringing natural elements from the outdoors to decorate your home. Featuring many beautiful photographs, the book explores decorations made with foraged twigs, vines, moss, flowers and bark. Also featured are holiday and seasonal decorations as well as recipes that use wild edibles. There are photos of artworks such as carved wood and jewelry using acorns. Fantastic, I'm looking forward to setting in front of the fire on this cold spring day and reading this! ML

Old-Fashioned Fun!

Take a walk down memory lane and keep the kids busy this summer with Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games by Paul Tukey & Victoria Rowell. You will be reminded of how to choose captains and pick sides. There are even ways to determine the unfortunate “it” for games like “Kick the Can” or “Ghost in the Graveyard”. Trivia facts about various games and players make this an entertaining read. It offers some great encouragement to get you up off of the couch! DB