It seems that no matter how many times I tell myself I will get back to posting weekly and keeping up our online journal – I fail. This past year we have had so many changes and so much going on it seems I just don’t keep up. I mean to and I actually want to, but it seems that something always gets in the way. But, I am trying to catch up again.
We have had a nice, but very busy fall. I try to remember to take some pictures and document things and I have even fallen down on the job of doing that – and photography has been a love of mine for a long time. I can hardly believe how few pictures I have taken. But, anyway, we have been busy with school and and music and doing a few things for fall. We did make our fall simmering potpourri and it smelled so good. We made it in the crockpot and it lasted a good four days. I think we will make some more this weekend as I love the smell of the house as it simmers.
We have been reading The Secret Garden and have been doing a lot of art and writing about gardens and animals and all the different characters in the book. Evelyn and Liam are doing the book with us this year and they seem to enjoy it very much. Liam kept telling me he could not paint or draw and then suddenly today he was the one that asked me if he could draw the animal that he chose to write about. He did an excellent job and I told him it shows he actually can do things he didn’t think he could do. He actually enjoyed doing it and was rather proud of the results. It’s been nice having them do some school with us this year.
I haven’t taken many pictures this past week, but I did get a few the day Archie came to stay with me for a few hours. I made sure we got outside and he got to play in the leaves and try to help Evelyn rake. He loves a rake. He wanted Evelyn’s so bad. I definitely need to get him a little one for the next time he’s here.
Believe it or not, we are already thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love this time of year.
