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Everyone have a restful Sunday! Be back Monday.
Well, it has really been a wonder-ful week for the children and nature, highlights being finding the bunny and saving the bird. Just a few more quickies, and next week we'll get back to some other subjects! Corn-husk dolls: Christina and Anna-Grace eagerly husked the corn I brought home from a local farmer, then quickly set about making their own version of a corn-husk family, complete with braided hair and a baby. Captured Cricket: It was Anna-Grace’s turn to be breathless. "MOM! We caught a cricket!" She presented the container to me in the kitchen. As I began to lift the lid, she stated, "Watch out! He jumps REALLY high." BOING! Right out of the coffee container onto the kitchen floor. "See? I TOLD ya!" Then came the joy of catching him, scooping him up carefully, and putting him in a jar with a tinfoil lid. Anna-Grace and her little friend began hopping around, with much the same excitement as after they picked strawberries. "What if you could keep a cricket as a pet?" "Yeah, and what if you could pet him, and then he crawled up on your wrist?" "Yeah! And then, he JUMPED!" Off they went with more what ifs, putting grass and a little bit of water in the jar. After a time of observation, we convinced them to let him go, but it was a fun and memorable find! We found the Ent-wives! A post to come on trimming the wisteria, but I just had to share this picture! The giggles and silliness that accompanied the wisteria mess was well worth making it! This is a "Hawaiian Ent-wife". OK, for those rare few unfamiliar with Lord of the Rings, the Ents are talking trees. And they lost their wives. Literally. Can't find them. I guess they didn't look under the wisteria. That's where I found my... Oh, well, we'll wait for my wisteria post! Lastly, probably my favorite, Geese in Need of a Garmin: Angela and I were outside, when a small flock of geese flew by, really low, honking loudly – going west. Angela looked up, and after a moment’s reflection, called out some un-solicited advice. "You’re going the wrong WAAAAAAY! A little to the left!" Hahaha! Everyone have a restful Sunday! Be back Monday.
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