Animals
- Today Is For Fun!
Today I am having a special visitor to the farm.Our day will be full. We'll pick strawberries...and veggies.... and play in the playhouse.... and the pirate ship.We'll visit with friends.... and more friends.... and more... We'll search...
- Co-mingling
Last week's cool weather has left us and we are once againin the midst of summer-like days. Our weekend was full.Amanda and Tim's friend, John, who attended Lutheran Seminary and who will be marrying them,came to spend the weekend and discuss...
- Weekend Wrap-up
It was a cold, gray, drizzly weekend...but there was a bright sunny spot that I basked in... Tyler spent the weekend on Grammie's farm! We spent our days playing Legos, doing puzzles, playing with play dough, and playing with the set of Brio...
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I live with savages. It's true. I live with 2 fur-boy savages,who love to shock me and make me shriek. Don't let their apparent innocence fool you,it's all an act, I assure you! Savages, I say! I have avoided writing this post at least 6...
- It's A Dog's Life
With Hubbs being on vacation and home this week,we are trying to build more playtime into each day. Yesterday afternoon the sun beckoned us.We decided to treat the big dogs to a walk in the woods.To them there is nothing more fun than that! Maddie and...
Animals
Playtime
Beneath a sky hung with heavy curtains of clouds,
in a moist and dewy sea of green,
we boarded the Jolly Roger and set sail to lands imagined.
We charted a course toward treasure...
a treasure unlike any you'd imagine,
and fought our way through seas of whales, and sharks, and aquatic T. Rex's.
Our ship was boarded by hostile pirates
(we, of course, were good pirates!)
We made port on an island of "zombie dogs" (Annie, Oakley and Sam)
and quickly sailed off again.
It was indeed a day of adventure,
with lunch eaten on the deck of our schooner.
And of course we ate the "fish" we caught!
We ran through the woods in search of dragons
who hide behind trees (dragon trees),
and only magical swords found in the woods could protect us!
We spent time with all of our friends....
who help to reinforce the lesson of kindness toward all living creatures.
We picked our supper from the garden.
Strawberries...
and sugar peas.
Normally a very picky eater who turns his nose up at most vegetables,
Tyler surprised me and scarfed down raw sugar peas as quickly as we could pick them.
There is something so enticing to children,
to be able to see something growing, pick it, and eat it...
an "ah-hah" moment when they realize from where food comes.
We took a gator expedition through the woods to the new tent and saw two deer.
Deer were the reason for our trek...
and we are hardly ever disappointed.
It was a month's worth of fun crammed into one day...
a respite greatly needed after all of the months of farm work
and wedding preparation.
I am hoping it was at least that much in memories for Tyler to carry through his life.
It's days like this that matter most in life.
It's the time spent playing that we will cherish as we look back on our lives.
Work can be done any day...but play....play cannot wait!
Let's face it, no one will remember how much work I could get done in a day.
But someday, a little boy who grows into a man may remember
a Grammie with whom he shared a few adventures!
Let's face it, no one will remember how much work I could get done in a day.
But someday, a little boy who grows into a man may remember
a Grammie with whom he shared a few adventures!
So today.... spend a little time playing...
take a trip to your own treasure island...
and remember how precious imagination is!
Have a wonderful weekend, friend!
- Today Is For Fun!
Today I am having a special visitor to the farm.Our day will be full. We'll pick strawberries...and veggies.... and play in the playhouse.... and the pirate ship.We'll visit with friends.... and more friends.... and more... We'll search...
- Co-mingling
Last week's cool weather has left us and we are once againin the midst of summer-like days. Our weekend was full.Amanda and Tim's friend, John, who attended Lutheran Seminary and who will be marrying them,came to spend the weekend and discuss...
- Weekend Wrap-up
It was a cold, gray, drizzly weekend...but there was a bright sunny spot that I basked in... Tyler spent the weekend on Grammie's farm! We spent our days playing Legos, doing puzzles, playing with play dough, and playing with the set of Brio...
-
I live with savages. It's true. I live with 2 fur-boy savages,who love to shock me and make me shriek. Don't let their apparent innocence fool you,it's all an act, I assure you! Savages, I say! I have avoided writing this post at least 6...
- It's A Dog's Life
With Hubbs being on vacation and home this week,we are trying to build more playtime into each day. Yesterday afternoon the sun beckoned us.We decided to treat the big dogs to a walk in the woods.To them there is nothing more fun than that! Maddie and...