A Jumping Guinea Hen, A Visit to a Cave, and Lots of Insects
Greetings to you! I hope you’re staying cool in all of this heat – that is if, like us, your area of the world is currently sweltering! For once, it’s too hot even to go to the pond, so we’re all hunkered down inside, cuddling up to the fans and window A/C units. The chickens […]
Labor Day in Old Wethersfield
The girls are studying American history this year, and one of the books Ginger will be reading is The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Have you ever read that book? I’ve read it three times. I think it’s one of my favorites. The book is set in Wethersfield, Connecticut – a town less than an hour from where […]
The Week in Review
The weather was beautiful this past week. To take advantage of it, we spent as much time as possible outside. On Wednesday, we hit Forest Park in Springfield – a perfect place to practice with the Prisma App. Even ho-hum photos of tree roots can come alive with the right setting. Here’s a photo without […]
Country Living
I had meant to take more pictures while on vacation in Idaho. I had meant to blog about the things we did and the sights we saw, but, in the end, I never got around to it. And, I can’t blame it on the wild excitement of travel. My parents live in a small town […]
Just a dog in a hammock. Nothing to see here.
With travel comes new experiences. For Pepper that meant hanging out in a hammock last night with Jack – my sister’s nine-month-old boxer. Fun stuff!
(That’s a lot of dog for a hammock!)
From my mother’s dining room table,
Mrs. Smythe
