Grace's Senior Project Presentation

When we heard that Miss Jaia, Grace's teacher from eighth grade, was returning to Seasons of Seven to teach Class Twelve, we knew that Grace needed to be part of the class again! She chose to attend for two of the blocks. The first was about Faust/Goethe and Color Theory an the second was the Senior Project block. These blocks were running back to back starting in February which was perfect timing for her! 

Grace chose to create a pollinator hotel for her senior project. A few years ago when she was considering doing the Gold Award for Girl Scouts she had thought she would build a pollinator hotel for that. However, since she decided not to persue the Gold Award she knew that her senior project was the pefect time to finally make this pollinator hotel happen. With support and guidance from Dave the pollinator hotel finally was created and this past Thursday Grace gave a stellar presentation during the final class for this block! Below are a few of the pictures I took of her presentation. 

And, of course, she had to paint pollinators and flowers on her nails in honor of this day! xo 

Harvesting Milkweed

These two sweet souls are bound and determined to save the Monarchs butterflies. There has been much discussion about how to help all types of pollinators (bees, butterflies, hummingbirds etc), so when they spotted a huge bunch of Milkweed right across from our house a plan was hatched to harvest some. Jackets, hats and boots were donned this morning and out they went with bags in hand. It didn't take long before their bags were brimming with Milkweed. The wind carried just about as much off, too. Hopefully those seeds that took flight will find new homes nearby to call their own and even more Milkweed will grow and be available to the Monarchs in the coming years. For now, the girls have tucked their seeds safely away with big plans being discussed for the spring planting season. xo