What I've Been Up To

Hi friends,

I'm back.   And I sooo enjoyed my little blogging break.  :) 

Here's what I've been up to over the past several weeks..

Our firstborn daughter, Nicole, and our 2 sweet granddaughters came for a visit, so I spent lots of time snuggling with little Evelette...(isn't she a beauty? :)

And Elia had a wonderful time playing with all the kids, but she and Mimi were really glued at the hip. Here they are looking out the window at Elmer, our rooster..

Ian's new tenor saxophone arrived, and he and I have been playing duets...

 We adopted a new furry family member.  We gave Nicole the honor of naming him, and she named him Jack. He's such a good cat, even though he and Kim aren't the best of buddies - yet.  ;)

 School lessons continued, with Nature hikes (and Mimi was particularly excited about this hike - she danced all the way down the driveway!)...

Running through the fields...

Finding treasures...

We even discovered a Persimmon tree on the farm (yum!)...

 Identifying birds in our bird feeder...

Decorating for Natty's ninth birthday...

She asked for pink sugar cookies..and I made a few with edible pearls..

And we made a new Give Thanks banner since our old one is dried up and falling apart. We had so much fun gathering items to make it.
The G is made of milkweed and a pod from a redbud tree...

 The I is made of berries (not sure what kind)...

The V is made of lichens...

The E is made of ferns, grass, and a wild rose hip...

The T is made of ferns and honeysuckle leaves...

The H is made of hay seeds...

The A is made of wild grapevine twigs...

The N is made of pods from a redbud tree...

The K is made of oak bark, hayseed, and grass...

And the S is made of wild rose hips (which I almost ran out of, thanks to Mimi's devouring them before I could glue them to the paper)...

The finished banner was hung in our front windows...

And last but not least, our weather station arrived...just in time to begin our study of weather this month.  The children are captivated with these and would watch them all the time!  :)

Have a lovely week, my friends!


"This is the day  the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." ~ Psalm 118:24