Apple picking

We had a wonderful weekend picking apples with friends. The smell was wonderful.

BUG MAINE-IA

We spent the day with friends at the State Museaum.  Bug Maine-ia day!!!  We had lots of fun and learned so much about many different insects. 

Had to get this picture

SA holding a walking stick

CG holding a walking stick



He held a tarantula!!!



We were able to touch the hissing cockroaches

SA was trying not to smile

He had to get souvenirs

I couldn't stop laughing!!!

What a great day. Thanks to our friends for going with us.   You know who you are.

Animal Farm

Using the map

Carved out of a tree

CG Is finally getting to ride a horse

This week has been exciting.  The garden is growing great. It is starting to look like a jungle out there.  The kids have been swimming, picking blueberries and raspberries, and enjoying nature.  The kids saw a very cool sand sculpture at the beach.  They both want to start school. With a schedule, they really do prefer the routine of it. Next year our "school year" will be timed differently, so they can enjoy the whole year in rhythm.   CG has started horse back riding lessons. She was so excited, the smile did not come off her face. She even wrote her self an appointment card earlier in the week. I am so happy for her.  She has read many books this year about horses.  She did a lapbook on horses. We visited the Humane Society to see and learn about the horses there and she visited a friends farm with horses. She felt ready. Now SA would like to try it as well, so he will start tomorrow.

CG brushing Harry

Walking Harry

Sand sculpture we found.

Our Fairy Gardens

SA Fairy garden

CG fairy garden

Today we saw a post my The Magic Onions and decided to enter the Fairy Garden contest.   This was new to us but we did the best that we could.  First we had to find a container, then some moss, items to include were than added. SA and CG were very happy with how they turned out.  We know the fairies will be happy.

Summer

 We have been busy having fun this week. We have been to the ocean, Storyland, the Weather Museum, the train in NH, and mini golf. Our gardening is going well.  The new cats seem fine. All is good.

The weather museum.

The train.

Storyland

The ocean. They both had so much fun.

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We have been busy!!!!

The beginnings of our garden.

This is Mittens, she was a stray. She was very sick when we got her and was on medication for 2 weeks.  Then we had her spayed.

This is Mittens feeling better. So better that she fights with my other cat.  We tried to find her a home, with no luck so we are going to have her as an outside barn cat. 

Scarborough Marsh trail, very cool.  Lots of birds.

Snowy Egrets

Dragonfly resting on the net, we were getting tadpoles.

They found a frog, couldn't catch it though.

Another stray. He is so cute and friendly. He won't leave our yard.

He talks alot. The kids have named him Spice.