Apple Orchard in the Spring

Most of us only visit Apple Orchards in the Fall. I have always thought about going in the spring. We tried this weekend but the gale force winds kept us home. After school I told the kids we were going on a picnic to an orchard. Louisa was happy to find out it was the same orchard she visited this past Fall with school. It was a really foggy rainy day when we went in the Fall. I was told to go back on a clear day to see the view. So that is exactly what we did. There are a bunch of wonderful fun toys for the kids to play with and fresh green grass for our blanket. We stayed and ate, played, wondered, and sniffed sweet pink blossoms for 2 1/2 hrs. Take some time and stroll alongside the Apple Trees in the Spring. It is beautiful.

Teaching……Sharing a Passion

To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold,herein lies the first task of the teacher.
-- Maria Montessori

To teach…… share my passion with my children is a true gift.
(With a little fun mixed in of course)

Thank You Pretzel for being a good guy, you even got a hair cut!

Little Chilly

Was odd to hear the peepers with such cold air blasting over my wind burned cheeks. I could not help standing outside on my dock shivering gazing upward at the sky. It was so clear I felt like I could reach right up and grab one of the blazing stars right in my hand. Beautiful sky tonight. Just beautiful.

Saw this on FB love Jonny!!

This is a workout!

Feeling the need to get out and burn off some energy this am. I do not have a double jogger, so the double Chariot does the job! Kids love it, they giggle the whole way. Was a beautiful sunny day the kids picked a million Dandelions and decorated the whole barn with them. Kids have an amazing way of warming your heart.

Spring Blooms

After the Winter

Some day, when trees have shed their leaves
And against the morning's white
The shivering birds beneath the eaves
Have sheltered for the night,
We'll turn our faces southward, love,
Toward the summer isle
Where bamboos spire the shafted grove
And wide-mouthed orchids smile.

And we will seek the quiet hill
Where towers the cotton tree,
And leaps the laughing crystal rill,
And works the droning bee.
And we will build a cottage there
Beside an open glade,
With black-ribbed blue-bells blowing near,
And ferns that never fade.
CLAUDE MCKAY

Bleeding Hearts in Bloom.

Meeting Hazel Brooke Wiley

After a busy busy day of traveling home, we had to take Grammy and Grampa to the bus station then over to the hospital to meet sweet new baby Hazel. I just adore meeting me babies. Her skin is so soft you can hardly feel it. She and her parents are doing wonderful. Very excited to have a new little lady in the family.

Congrats again Kevin, Jill and Norah…….

Time to try to get two excited kids into bed……..hmmmm

Last full Day in SC

Super full day! Started off with the Best news in the world!
Welcome
Hazel Brooke Wiley
6lbs 3os 18inces

Congrats Kevin and Jill

Nice ski set at Trophy Lakes with coaching from Adam. Then off to Magnolia Plantation, a beautiful Histroic Garden. (even in the rain it was beautiful!) Then a Historic Carriage Ride through downtown Charleston. Dinner on the Beach……then an early flight. So much more to do down here……outta time!