Anders and Branch have been fishing, and this poor catfish opened his mouth one time too many.
Poppins caught these two catfish and displayed them in true redneck fashion.
She's growing so quickly these days. Must be the hot weather!
These nice folks all dropped in for a visit last Saturday. As usual, we had the best time together!
The Girl and her new friend Kiki said "Good-bye" for a while, and Kiki left her stuffed rabbit as a memory of the good times they had shared together.
Poppins and the kids enjoyed a camp-out last weekend down with the Johnson family in Florida. They really enjoyed their time at Big Blue Springs.
We were given the opportunity to glean blueberries, and the kids brought home quite a few of these large buckets. Blueberry fried pies, blueberry leather, dried blueberries...
The Girl has really enjoyed her burgeoning herb garden. This is the first year that we have planted Lettuce Leaf Basil (front right), and the leaves are huge and delicious!
We had the first of four Patriotic Performances last Tuesday. ChubChub is representing independence, and his speech is quite nice: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal...[etc.]...that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." He does a nice job and even doffs his hat with a cute little bow at the end.
The Girl is Nancy Hart. Never heard of her? Look her up; you'll enjoy a good read.
Branch is Lyman Hall, one of the three men from Georgia to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Josiah is Button Gwinnett, one of the three men...
Anders is George Walton, the last of the three men. They each give a biographical speech between singing and playing patriotic songs.
Levi and Stennes joined us but didn't give a speech. They're sweating it out over their upcoming state competition demonstration/speech/interview that is coming up quickly!
Anders has been coaching Branch and The Girl in the 4H Forestry competition that is also coming up quickly.
He even gives them spelling tests for the tree, insect, and diseases that they must identify.
We've enjoyed our raised bed gardens, and we've also received lots of fresh produce from the U-Pick farm.
And the best part of this week? Those fried blueberry pies that Anders and Branch made for Wednesday's supper....
A few more performances left; speeches to keep memorizing; produce to process; final month of summer classes at the College; trying to keep these kids full while maintaining a $5.00 - a - meal budget for 8 people; work for the big boys; odd jobs for Branch; busy, busy, busy still...
Poppins caught these two catfish and displayed them in true redneck fashion.
She's growing so quickly these days. Must be the hot weather!
These nice folks all dropped in for a visit last Saturday. As usual, we had the best time together!
The Girl and her new friend Kiki said "Good-bye" for a while, and Kiki left her stuffed rabbit as a memory of the good times they had shared together.
Poppins and the kids enjoyed a camp-out last weekend down with the Johnson family in Florida. They really enjoyed their time at Big Blue Springs.
We were given the opportunity to glean blueberries, and the kids brought home quite a few of these large buckets. Blueberry fried pies, blueberry leather, dried blueberries...
The Girl has really enjoyed her burgeoning herb garden. This is the first year that we have planted Lettuce Leaf Basil (front right), and the leaves are huge and delicious!
We had the first of four Patriotic Performances last Tuesday. ChubChub is representing independence, and his speech is quite nice: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal...[etc.]...that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." He does a nice job and even doffs his hat with a cute little bow at the end.
The Girl is Nancy Hart. Never heard of her? Look her up; you'll enjoy a good read.
Branch is Lyman Hall, one of the three men from Georgia to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Josiah is Button Gwinnett, one of the three men...
Anders is George Walton, the last of the three men. They each give a biographical speech between singing and playing patriotic songs.
Levi and Stennes joined us but didn't give a speech. They're sweating it out over their upcoming state competition demonstration/speech/interview that is coming up quickly!
Anders has been coaching Branch and The Girl in the 4H Forestry competition that is also coming up quickly.
He even gives them spelling tests for the tree, insect, and diseases that they must identify.
We've enjoyed our raised bed gardens, and we've also received lots of fresh produce from the U-Pick farm.
And the best part of this week? Those fried blueberry pies that Anders and Branch made for Wednesday's supper....
A few more performances left; speeches to keep memorizing; produce to process; final month of summer classes at the College; trying to keep these kids full while maintaining a $5.00 - a - meal budget for 8 people; work for the big boys; odd jobs for Branch; busy, busy, busy still...
