Keeping Company :: February Invitation

I am so inspired by the Keeping shared here over the last month, friends.  Have you read through the beautiful selection of posts that were added to January's link-up?


I've loved the opportunity to peek into your homes and habits.  I've also really enjoyed following the various comment threads on the posts of those that participated.  There has been lots of good encouragement and discussion, and I thank you for working with me to create a little community as we learn with and from one another. :)

Heather's always-lovely watercolors at Bent Leather

This month, we had peeks into the "Big Three":

lots of beautiful, thoughtful commonplace books,

Book of Centuries entries,

and nature journaling.

Several ladies committed to share monthly about their Keeping...

or even how they're Keeping their Keeping!  (Love that!)

color-coded commonplace by Mahers Hill Academy

We also got to look into a wide variety of Keeping forms, including a...

science narration journal

way of the will chart

sermon notebook

prayer journal

poetry notebook

Calendar of Firsts

e-scrapbook of Keeping photos

weather journal

Pilgrim's Progress notebook

as well as journals of all shapes and sizes!

And veteran Carol shared the amazing Keeping across subjects her children have done over the years--so inspiring!

In future months, I'll limit myself to showcasing just one or two posts. I couldn't help myself from sharing a slice of each contributor's Keeping this time because I'm so thankful to all of you for linking up for this inaugural edition! :)

This month's prompt, for those interested...

Since so many of you new Keepers started out with the habit of keeping a commonplace book, I thought I'd ask about that this month.  What is your favorite part of keeping a commonplace?  Care to share a peek?  When do you do your commonplacing?  Where do you get your inspiration?   And I'd especially love to see into children's commonplace books as well!

And if you'd like to share something different, please do so!  As always, any and all posts about Charlotte Mason-style Keeping are welcome.

I'll be back here next Tuesday to post the February linky--and to share some of the wonderful contributions via Instagram from this past month.  I hope you'll join me!  In the meantime, remember that the January link-up is still active, so feel free to continue sharing your posts there.