I have such a good group of friends who follow along with my crazy ideas. This was a muddy mess with ticks and obstacles everywhere. BUT, I brought them to a rookery with baby Great Blue Herons. Definitely a memorable adventure. <3
“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” ― Laura Ingalls Wilder
Wander and Wonder Birds
Garden Update #2 2024
I know it's not even been a minute since my last garden post, but here I am....with big gardening news.
Garden Update 2024 #1
All hands on deck with garden prep! Well, sort of. This one mostly just keeps me company.
May 2nd progress at the end of the day. Hopeful for a good growing season!
New Chairs
Whole family: NO. We don't need new chairs. No. No. No.
But they're free wrought iron chairs and I think I need them.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
So we compromised and Adrian and I brought them home.
Now I have a new project.
Gather
Years ago I was told that Extension Homemakers wasn't something people were interested in, it was a lessening area of extension and starting a new club would likely be a waste of my time.
I said bologna. I knew there were other people locally 'like me'.
Fast forward years ahead, we have marvelous monthly gatherings, learning from one another and supporting one another. A fine group of women were propagating our hearts out today, and I'm thankful for these friends.
Beach Clean Up
The annual town wide beach clean up was today, which ended up being a beautiful day. Most interesting finds were a sock and the elastic from someone's underoos.
Anna-Kate is SEVEN!
What a hoot you are. You never stop talking. Ever. You talk to anyone, everyone and no one. You are not shy in the least and make friends everywhere. You are quick witted and hilarious.
Your confidence soars. You always feel like you look great, think you have great things to say and you know your worth. You're very affectionate and encouraging with your words.
What you don't like to do...chores. You will do anything and everything to be served.
You enjoy doing school, being artistic and being with friends. You love animals, play mobil and legos.
You love to wake late and stay in bed and read. You also ask for an afternoon snack and go disappear with a book.
Your fave foods are soups, eggs and colorful foods (you eat your fruits and veggies) and homemade popsicles. You could do without beans (black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans....but you do like green beans).
Your birthday menu is breakfast for dinner. We will feast and celebrate you, our seven year old.
So thankful we have you, our 'one more'. I thank you for your flexibility and being so go with the flow. Love you oodles!
Love, Mama
Play Ball
They've never really been into sports, but here they are, trying new things this spring. Thankful for the homeschool sports network. Adrian said, "I thought I'd feel dumb not playing before, but it's all very encouraging." Thankful. 
A good day
Yesterday was a near perfect day. I got to go to coffee with some friends. I packed up Stanley with baked potatoes and we had that for lunch. I then went for a coastal walk with a friend and we had good laughs and found lots of sea glass. Then I poked around 2 thrift shops alone (only bought one book), all while Justin was getting chicks with the kids. A 10/10 day!
Maine in April
It's that time of year we cannot get enough of the beaches. It's a marvelous time when the temps warm, but the tourists aren't yet here. The coastal pics will just keep coming...
Good days
There's a buoy that has dislodged and is on shore now in our town. A bunch of friends were going, but our car was in the shop. Thankful for kind friends who picked us up and brought us along.
Audra was there too, but too busy with friends. I love how Anna-Kate pulled a live clam apart to go and try to feed the seagulls.
Also thankful for friends who love Stanley the camp crock just as much as me, tolerate my duck identification fun and don't mind that I brought my watercolors to paint a scene as we enjoy the day.
Tide Pooling
The kids are taking a 5 week Tide Pooling class and we went to the Portland area for a field day with a couple Marine Biologists. I loved it, they did too. We also did seine netting, which I have never done before. It yielded a few things I hadn't seen before.
