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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Visiting

This is not a real cow peeking out of the log cabin...

but these are real cows,

and both the real and fake cows are on the way to a friend's house

where there are real chickens

and delightfully colorful eggs.

And Grace should not chase the chickens or else they will quit laying as many delightfully colorful eggs.

But Grace can hug a real cat

(which she can't do around here, because I'm, of course, allergic to them. Jason is "allergic," too, but his is a different kind of reaction...hee hee).

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Wordless Wednesday

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday.

Monday, September 30, 2013

Photographic Tour of a Local Church

Our rather informal homeschool group has been meeting at a new location, and I let my kids give me a little tour around the periphery of this historic United Methodist church last Friday since we were (gasp!) the first to arrive. We began on the right of the front of the church and walked all the way around.

As you'll see, I love the architectural details...

Front corner

Side of church where there was a garden area

Angel statue in the garden area

Around the rear of the church

Sunburst around the rear of the church (SOOC)

Front of church

Front corner

I stalked a butterfly...

and so did Grace. She caught the butterfly in her hands! It's pretty impressive how often she can catch butterflies bare-handed. (And, yes, she lets them go.)

Grace (7)

As a bonus shot, this is one of the "creepy" areas, according to my kids. I edited the photo a little for effect--it's actually quite lovely with the ivy growing up the outer wall.

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom and Sarah Halstead at The Naptime Momtog for Wordless Wednesday.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

I'm joining in on Scavenger Hunt Sunday after taking a few weeks off! This week's scavenger hunt items were

Rule of thirds
Made me smile
Lines
Alone
Together

Rule of thirds
I love the translucency of the butterfly's wings...and love that I actually got a shot with the wings spread open.

Made me smile
This little angel statue in a local church's garden made me smile...

Lines
A dragonfly decided our clothes line would be a perfect resting spot.

(And now I get a little lazy with my interpretations...)

Alone
I was alone when I took this shot...

Together
And I went out to eat together with my husband thanks to my Secret Sister's gift for our 18th anniversary earlier this month...a gift card to Longhorn! This was the shot I took as we arrived at the restaurant.