Goodbye sweet little beach life

February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

For the past seven months, we’ve been living at the beach. We leased a fabulous little cottage-style furnished casita in a beautiful gated community in the hammock area of Palm Coast. As many of you know, we moved there for a Montessori school for our toddler. When it didn’t live up to our standards of a traditional Montessori program and was not even a recognized Montessori school, we had to bid farewell to our shabby little beach life and move to Jacksonville where there were Montessori-accredited schools. [Read more...]

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Where Does Your Road Lead?

January 22, 2012 By

As I created this piece of photographic art to print on canvas and also mail out for Mail Art 365 at IUOMA, I thought; “Isn’t it odd how predictable change is even when one has well thought out plans?”

My cute little mini-me will turn three in a few weeks. One thing that has been set in stone between my husband and I is the importance of providing her with the best possible format of learning as possible. She has been in Montessori School since the age of eighteen months and it’s been an incredible experience. When we relocated from Austin to central Florida for a terrific career opportunity, we struggled with finding a good school. We were able to move to a beautiful vacation property at the beach in Palm Coast for the sole reason of finding a local Montessori School for her. It didn’t take long to figure out that the school was not at even close to being a true, traditional Montessori school. (A class of little boys and girls wearing nothing but underpants and tops in the classroom, not potty-trained? Unsanitary and degrading to say the least. That was just the tip of the ice burg).

So I asked myself, where is this road leading us next? [Read more...]

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Hammock Gardens Holiday Arts & Craft Show

December 4, 2011 By

Today is the Arts & Craft Show here in the Hammock area of Palm Coast. It’s taking place at the Hammock Gardens Nursery located on A1A, 5208 N Oceanshore Blvd where local artisans will have their arts and crafts on display throughout the gardens.

I’ll be there with my greeting cards along with my friend and world class photographer, Norman Kent who also lives here at the beach in the Hammock. It runs from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm so pop by and say hello! Follow me on Twitter for specials throughout the day!

“Holiday Arts & Crafts Show” at Hammock Gardens. Many selected Local Artists and Craftsmen will feature and sell their work throughout the garden center. Some artists will demonstrate their talents as customers walk around the gardens admiring and purchasing work. This event will give local artists a chance to meet and interact with the community. All Art will be priced under $100; we are advertising it as affordable art & great gift ideas for the holidays. This event is our 5 Year Anniversary Holiday Sale & Art Show. Santa will be available for photo opportunity and donation jars will be placed throughout the garden center to benefit the Flagler Humane Society. Gates open at 9:00 so we will see you there.

Janine Hammockgardens@hotmail.com
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Google Founders & Montessori Education

October 11, 2011 By

My daughter started in Montessori School at eighteen months of age in Austin, Texas, following in my footsteps of a wonderful and creative learning environment. One year later, here in Palm Coast, Florida, there is not a qualified, accredited Montessori School. It’s just a temporary hiccup in the grand scheme of things.

I can’t speak highly enough of Montessori education. However, just because a school puts a sign out front and calls itself Montessori, it does not mean that it is a quality Montessori environment. Not all schools are created or operated equally!

If you know little about Montessori, here’s a great video to peak your interest.

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Hurricane Irene Waves

August 27, 2011 By

Our beach has been taken over by the ocean’s waves here in Palm Coast and the weather man says that the high tide will continue for several days. In my world, that means lots of photo opportunities! I created these from the shots I got earlier today and will have the matted prints of my faves available soon.

Project Beach Daily @ Kokabella.com

Project Beach Daily @ Kokabella.com

I’ll see you tomorrow with more!

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More of Hurricane Irene in Palm Coast

August 25, 2011 By

Project Beach Daily @ Kokabella.com

Project Beach Daily @ Kokabella.com

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