An Eye for Beauty

Sammie is always collecting things from outside and she cherishes them. One day she came in with a bunch of leaves and just began gluing them to paper. She did this all on her own. I just looked over at the table and there she was gluing and then she taped them all up onto the wall. Quietly...very proud of herself.

I will often open the dryer and bits of leaves will fall out all over the place because she has so lovingly put them in her pockets. When we go places I find little bits of nature in my bag later on. She has left her little treasures there as well. She carefully finds the most unique thing. On the way home from Olivia's bus stop, Sammie stops in the neighbors yard and grabs a white rock. She thinks they are gorgeous. We have rocks everywhere. There is even one sitting in the powder room downstairs. I left it there. It blends in with the porcelain sink.