Nature-loving Mama Gifts

Silencing the baby

'The doctor said oily fish was good for his brain development.'

Holiday Supplies

"One day mommy's slime molds will all be yours!"

Entering Megalopolis - next Bucolic area 162 miles.

'Don't worry about gaining weight after the baby - you'll run it off during the toddler years.'

Open other end

"Oh, honey, look! A chestnut-sided warbler doing pull-ups!"

Fall in the Greek Temple

Pelvis birth canal exit: Width restrictions apply.

Add your kids' ages together...

I just bought a new Kindle Voyage. It's much better than my Kindle Paperwhite. Blasphemy, little buddy. A real man lugs around a paperback that he's milled from a fallen Redwood that he lifted off of a baby deer, before reuniting the fawn with its mother. I bought if off of Amazon. I didn't even use "one-click." I used the shopping cart and chose all the options manually. Almost as impressive. I keep it old-school.

'She's the primary caregiver!'

Single parents.

Johnny Appleseed's Dirty Little Secret

"Are you sure you want to spend the winter here?"

"It's your mother. She wants to know why you never summon her."

'It's no use he just doesn't understand the let-down reflex!'

'Nature abhors a vacuum. Nature is my cat.'

Rustic Camping: No Water, Electric or Wi-Fi

The countryside haircut gets quite the haircut at this time of year, doesn't it?

"I think formula should be bottled-up, but not your emotions."

Today's presentation - God's Miracles.

Mother and Baby

'Oh no, the chickens have killed another fox.'

"I don't mind having a bun in the oven, but I do mind not being able to set the temperature."

Global Thermostat - Do Not Adjust.

Ice Fishing with Cats

"It started last week as a seed in a saucer of cotton wool."

For mom's birthday, Dylan wanted to surprise her by making breakfast in bed.

'I don't really care how well I play, I'm just happy to be able to appreciate nature on a beautiful day like this!'

'It's just called breast milk. It doesn't need a fancy brand name.'

"Me and my husband had to try sixteen times before I became pregnant... What a night that was!"

'I refuse to accept that it's really winter until the very last leaf's fallen from the trees'

"It's done wonders for my back."