Eclipse Trip

 When 100% totality is over your childhood home, you go.  We aimed to make time and make it from Maine to the NY nature center by 2 to do Eclipse activities. We made it. And as a bonus, we caught a ship going through the locks. 

April Snowday

 Somehow we never lost power in this last storm. The other side of our road lost power and the road our road intersects with at the other end lost power.  But we didn't.  We made the best out of Winter in April.

Plus I grafted some more apple trees AND labeled them (which is usually where I leave a lot to be remembered, unsuccessfully).  We don't really need a bigger orchard.  After this I'm done. Maybe.

Snowdays

 Today was a major blizzard. Somehow we didn't lose power.  So what did I do?  I made a lot of food.  I spent a couple of hours reading to my kids.  We worked together to clear the driveway.  Justin made us laugh and picked a movie for the kids (Beethoven).  Adrian worked hard and did some art.  Audra baked and worked on her friendship bracelets.  Anna-Kate did a watercolor painting, played playmobil and read Ramona. This is the only picture I took.  Thankful we all love being home. After blogging, I'm signing off and working on a new to me calligraphy font.   Everything is cancelled for tomorrow, we're planning on starting our day with acrylics.  

Oh New England...

 We have been OUTSIDE for hours upon hours as of late. 

Anna-Kate barefoot. 

Audra bringing out the animals for some sun. 

(I made that little sleeping bag the guinea pig is in)

And Adrian has been working, working, working.

Huge sections of our hedge looked like this: 

And here's our progress.  Trying to get rid of the invasives. I cut, clear and dig.  He hauls away. It's going to look a little sad for a bit, but hopefully we can get the lilacs dominating once again.

And now we've dug our winter coats back out and we're in the middle of a snowstorm, could be a foot or more of snow.  So tomorrow will be Anna-Kate's and Zippy's preferred day.

Mr. Safety.

 Adrian loves driving the lawnmower, especially with the cart (that was supposed to be a gift to me, but I haven't gotten to use it yet).  He decided to give his sisters rides. They take turns. He makes sure they wear a helmet when they have a turn, his idea. If this isn't the most Adrian thing ever, I don't know what is.  He's still the same big kid as he was a little...give him vehicles and make sure safety is a priority. 

Easter 2024

 

Patching

 Just wanted to tell a little story about this guy, right here.   He's sporting his new sweatshirt that he made above and the bottom picture his new hat (you can't see it super well). Both of these selections he wanted, but saw how much the  name brand articles of clothing were.  So, he shopped for the patches he wanted online and decided to put the patches he wanted on generic clothing.  He got what he wanted for a fraction of the price.  He makes his own money selling his art (his latest pictured below) and is a smart shopper with his earnings. Proud of him!