Two gardens in Palm Beach County are going virtual for tours and online classes and demonstrations.  The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens and the Mounts Botanical Gardens are going completely virtual for you to enjoy the peace and serenity of the gardens from the comfort of your own home. 

The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens is planning the following online sessions. There will be a total of three online sessions led by Minx Boren, a master certified coach and author. Boren has teamed up with the Sculpture gardens and Zoom and will host three one-hour sessions. The sessions are free to attend and will begin at 11 am and advanced reservations are required. The classes will be on Wednesday, April 15th and Wednesday, April 22nd. To register, click here. 

The…

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With all this social distancing going on it’s hard to get egg-cited about the Easter Bunny coming. No worries, there is an essential site all parents of young children must visit this Easter Eve.  EasterBunnyTracker.com helps you keep a close eye on the Easter Bunny. It helps kids track the Easter Bunny whereabouts.

The Easter Bunny has issued a press released regarding his concerning for the current situation.  This may very well answer may questions presented by our curious, bright little ones.  Please see it in its entirety here.

Each year the Easter Bunny leaves his workshop on Easter Island. He hops up out of bed early on morning of Easter Eve. He loads up the baskets of chocolate bunnies, toys, candies and brightly colored eggs. He then…

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When you’re at home these activities for kids are fun, DIY, and can be with everyday items already found in the house.  It’s easier than you think, just grab some glue, glitter, paint and let your creativity shine.  

DIY Jellyfish

Since the beach and ocean are less than a few miles away from our homes, now is the time to bring the beach and ocean to us.  To make a jellyfish you’ll need a paper bowl or plate, yarn or string to glue on as the tentacles, and colored paint, pencils and markers to decorate.

Tissue Box Monsters

Using an old, empty tissue box, glue on googley eyes, color the box or paint and pom poms to create your own little tissue box monsters.

Make Slime

You’ll need two bottles of glue, glitters, food coloring, 1 tsp of…

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Everyone loves a “feel good” story and South Florida will not disappoint!   A spokesperson for Ford stated that a subsidiary of the car manufacturer is now producing medical face shields.  One face shield is produced every ten seconds.  More than one million medical face shields were manufactured within 13 days.  This past week, Ford spokesperson, Daniel Barbossa, told CNN of the achievement and many Americans perceived it to be nothing short of a miracle! 

The Ford subsidiary facility is located outside Detroit, MI. Currently there are 120 employed at the facility.   Ford executives issued a “call to action “on March 19, after receiving an alert from the Mayo Clinic, and worked up a plan to address the personal protective equipment shortage. …

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Many attractions here in Palm Beach County are moving towards virtual experiences that the public can enjoy from the comfort of their own homes.  The new virtual experiences include online classes and tutorials, museum tours, online exercises, cooking demonstrations and much more. 

Check out some of Palm Beach County’s Attractions that have gone virtual. 

Armory Arts Center: The Art Center has found a way to bring their artists and art exhibits to you through a virtual tour of their current gallery. 

Flagler Museum: The grand Palm Beach estate is giving viewers a virtual tour of the entire first and second floor of the museum filled with Palm Beach island’s history. The tour is available online or through their app called “Flagler Museum…

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Tequesta residents know this is the perfect opportunity for some home bound fun.  Reconnect with the members of your household with basic fun you can do at home with the kids. 

Hire one of your “tweens” as a helper.  If you are working remotely at home, consider hire one of your” tweens” as a mother’s helper. School’s out for everyone, so hire your own” tween” to help entertain and help oversee the little ones or help with an elder in the home.  It’s a win-win for everyone!

Maintain a routine.  Children, especially those experiencing developmental disabilities may find schedule changes and unstructured time anxiety-provoking. Create a schedule that includes wake-up and bedtimes, meals, outdoor play, and learning and free time.

Try an online…

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During the past few weeks, working from home or online schooling has been the new norm for us.  For many, this change is causing anxiety and uncertainty about being productive at home.  

Here are some tips on how to stay productive and connected while working from home. 

  • Stay Connected With Your Peers: social connection is good for your mental health and good for completing tasks.  Communication builds trust and can be done virtual through Zoom meetings or Facetime calls and check in with your work collages or peers. 
  • Structure Your Day: Its important to stick to your daily routine the best that you can to maintain a sense of normality. 
  • Be Patient With Technology: More people are working from home and on the Internet, many home…

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Now that Spring has arrived let us all take the opportunity to find the bright spots Jupiter, Florida. Spring is the perfect opportunity to build outdoor family time into your schedule. Obviously, it coincides with our government stay-at-home request, so the interest to get outside into our yards has turned up.  Are you “itching” to get out?  Your backyard garden may be a pleasant getaway for the mind.

Gardeners have known that working with soil and plants is an incredible way to connect with natural surroundings and assert it eases their worries. It’s incredibly therapeutic to watch things grow.

Gardening underlines that we are all nurturers. Horticulture is a great equalizer: plants don’t give a fig who is tending them and for those with…

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The Palm Beach Island grand estate and museum is offering virtual tours for you to tour the museum and estate in the comfort of your own home.  The Flagler Museum, formally known as Whitehall is an elegant estate that features more than 100,000 square feet that is filled with some of Palm Beach Island’s most important history. 

The elegant mansion features white marble columns and a red barrel roof overlooking the intercostal located just off of Cocoanut Row.  The estate features a large central courtyard, a full basement, two full stories plus an attic, the original fence built in 1901, ten antique clocks still working today and more than 75 rooms. The home features antiques, artwork and the history of the Gilded Age and Henry Flagler, known to be…

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The quaint Town of Juno Beach is nestled between Jupiter to the north and North Palm Beach to the south.  Juno Beach is home to a laid back atmosphere with a sandy coastline. 

Juno Beach is located on a barrier island that is separated by the intercostal waterway and the ocean.  The small quaint town is home to roughly 3,700 people and is a popular sea turtle nesting location from the end of October through the end of March. 

The town is home to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, the sea turtle research and rehabilitation center, the 990 foot long Juno Beach Fishing Pier, a Natural Dunes area, Juno Beach Park and more than a dozens of great outdoor activates. 

In addition to the numerous outdoor activities Juno Beach has to offer, the small…

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