Free Sundays

Well, another hot day here in the Southern US. We had a scrimmage game last night, a friend sleepover, all the neighborhood boys over to play in the field.. and that was all before 12. Once the passel of boys went home, I attended to laundry and started us down the road of a bit [...]

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Hot happenings here….

We knew it was hot, but this is crazy….

…. And misleading, . This is what happens when you place your rain gauge/indoor outdoor thermometer so that you can get an accurate rain reading. Unfortunately, it is in direct sun, on top of the air conditioner, which is blowing out hot air. [...]

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Ughhh.. the dust… and the bunnies…

It is time for the semi-annual small boy room clean out. The middle son has a friend coming over to sleep tomorrow night, and it really could not be put off much longer. The multi-generational dust bunnies had to go.. and so did the outgrown clothes and toys and flotsam and jetsam that boys collect.
It [...]

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A bit of funny business….

I saw this on Poor Miss Finch, and thought it looked like fun. I also just spent the evening knitting a sock while watching The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. This movie is later than 1930, but is in much the same vein in many respects.

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As a [...]

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Another blue post….

But this kind of blue is very lovely..no whining or whinging or ferreting on about this kind of blue:

Look what a happy little elf discovered in the yard… we have 17 bushes, and all spring we have watched the berries grow with happy anticipation. More so than usual, because last spring we had a late [...]

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Steiner verse that has helped me cope at various points in my life…

I have managed to get myself out of my funk, and have made lists.. for me, for the boys, for the man about the place… to manage our time and get us on top of things…

And then last night I began to clean my work area.. once it is back in order, I can work, [...]

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Disgruntled.. out of sorts..not centered.. out of balance…

The first week of summer break seemed to be full of projects and accomplishments.

One pond, created
Pair of socks, darned and returned to active duty
Mountain of laundry ironed.
Raspberries picked, yummy things made.
Sons entertained
Eldest prepared for Boy Scout camp
Banking, grocery shopping, haircut for middle son (more like a shearing)

A busy week by all accounts.
But today I find [...]

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Aww… Tasha Tudor has passed away….

I have always admired and longed to be just like Tasha Tudor. So I am very sad to learn she has passed on, although I am amazed and in awe of the life she did have. She used her time here quite well.
Here is the news about her death:
http://www.tashatudor.legacy.com/LMW/HomePage.aspx
And here is her webpage, which I [...]

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Somebody thinks the pond was made just for him…

My middle son loves birds.. and this love has been nurtured by his avid bird watching teacher, as well as his avid birdwatching grandmother and great aunt, and by the rest of our family.
He got a birdbath and feeder and feed for Christmas this year, because that was on his list. He also wanted to [...]

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Summer is….

Summer shoes… lined up on the steps…brothers together, in and out of the house….

Summer is children, filling their time, with interesting projects, like making molten lava cakes…
(We can do it OURSELVES mom…)

which disappear quickly…

until it was almost like a dream.

Lucky Dad got 2.

Summer is, mysterious holes in the yard….

having the time to help a child [...]

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