Such Treasures

We had friends over today. Even though we’ve been sick with a cold, the visit was wonderful. These friends of ours have been through a cold lately, too, so we felt safe sharing germs.

They came at lunch time. We had set the table with all our nice tea cups and saucers. We made three kinds of tea — lemon zinger, white pomegranate, and mint. All sweetened with raw local, honey…

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The last few days have been sooo busy. Although, Mikah and I have played many games of chess, checkers and Skip-Bo. He’s been the sweetest and most cheerful companion! On Tuesday, he helped me finish laying the electric wire and signaling wire and water pipe in the trench for the new pump circuit. (We did it to help Jeff because he ran out of time.) The reels of aluminum wire…

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My girls are gone to an outdoor camp for three days, today through Wednesday. They were so excited they didn’t get a wink of sleep last night. I went to wake them at 5 am only to find them already emerged from their room with silly grins on their faces.

Mikah is very happy right now. He loves his sisters, but he thinks this time for the two of us is…

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Our (actually, Jeff’s) weekend project is to trench from the pole barn to the well house for the new water line and pump circuit.

A few bumps along the way. First, having to spend more time than we planned finding the current electrical line, an old sewer line, and current phone line. Yesterday, he dug much like an archaeologist would–carefully brushing and digging away bits of dirt at a time to…

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Naomi was given this trunk by Jeff’s mom for her birthday, or perhaps it was Christmas. I am pretty sure the idea was that the box was so nice that it was worth giving to her (she really wanted a trunk) even though she might not love the color.

For some weeks now, Naomi has been asking me if we could repaint it. I promised yes and every day she…

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Where do you do school? We use the dining room table. The kids set up their stacks of books, each to an area. They love to set up their workbooks! This does fit with their love of playing games that involve heaps of paperwork — like shops, doctor’s offices and such. To them, paperwork seems glamorous. They’ll learn.

Jeff walking along the rock wall he’s been building all summer.

Naomi and Mikah climbing up some downed madrone branches.

Jeff digging around power line and water line. Annie is ever the curious and
social goat who loves to be where the action is.

The kids dissembled some garden beds we attempted to use a couple years…

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My husband is going out of town again this week, and then hopefully not for a long time. Last week he was in Bend, OR for a manager’s conference for his company. This week he will be at the company’s training center for new manager’s training. So far, his job is keeping him very busy. We hardly see him. We know this will get better once he gets firm…

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Jeff brought home a baby snake yesterday, a surprise for the kids. That is his kind of surprise. We’ll take it!…

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