Tropical Traditions Moisturizing Cream Tropical Traditions moisturizing cream is free from alcohols, artificial fragrances, and petroleum products. The fragrance free version is made with purified water, organic virgin coconut oil, plant based emulsifying wax, palm stearic, grapefruit seed extract, organic beeswax, and organic virgin palm oil. You can also get the creams made with different essential oils. Since I have oily facial skin, I was interested in seeing how my skin would do with this moisturizing cream. I chose to try out the invigorating peppermint scented cream. I was pleased to find that it was lightly scented, so it wasn’t…
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Relaxed Nature Studies
Posted in Homeschooling, and Photography
You don’t have to read my blog for long to know that we love spending time out in nature at our house. From going off-roading in Daddy’s truck to riding dirt bikes to hiking, we try to get out and explore our area as often as possible. To aid us in our constant desire to learn more about our current location, we have purchased field guides for our specific area as well as the general southwestern region of the country. These field guides allow us to try figure out what type of plant, bird, reptile, mammal, etc… we are looking…
Review: Discovery of Design
Posted in Reviews
Discovery of Design: Searching Out the Creator’s Secrets by Donald DeYoung & Derrik Hobbs Man has often looked to nature to get design ideas. The Wright Brothers studied birds to help in their airplane designs. Scientists are constantly studying animals to try to learn how to replicate certain traits to help man. Quite interesting that we’re studying animals, plants, and even bacteria even though we are suppose to be at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Makes you think, doesn’t it? Discovery of Design is an interesting look into the relationships between nature and man. It shows how designs in…
Bryce Canyon: Fairyland Canyon
Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures
Fairyland Canyon is just outside of Bryce Canyon’s park gates, so we stopped here on the way out of the park when we were headed back to the campground. Even with the cloudy skies and rain, it was a beautiful view. With as stunning as the views were on a stormy, cloudy day, I can only imagine how breath-taking many of these stops would have been on a clear day. As we were leaving, we looked down onto the cliffs below and spotted a single, small yellow flower growing out of the rocks. Somehow, this little flower had found a…
Bryce Canyon: Rainbow Point
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As we headed to Rainbow Point, the rain really begun to come down. We had hoped that the sun would peak through the clouds and produce a lovely rainbow for us. That was not to be on this day. Rainbow Point would be our final stop in Bryce Canyon as we decided not to hike to Yovimpa Point. Thanks to the shelter of a building and some trees, we were able to keep from getting completely soaked on this leg of our journey. We have one final stop at Bryce Canyon before we move on to our next destination, but…