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More creek pics
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Rachael's love of playing in the creek is directly proportional to Nick & Alex's hatred of the swampy water. They both lasted about 30 seconds until they were finished. Alex dozed in the grass while Nick played in the van. No nature lovers there!
This afternoon, Darla, Diana, & I met at the creek near our church to let the kids play and hunt crawdads. Fortunately, I took the old van because by the time we left, Rachael was drenched!
The dog was absolutely filthy after this. He had to get a bath as soon as we got home. In the 2nd photo, Nick is posing with 'Tina' & 'Cheryl'...yep, he named the rocks he had found!
Yes, I am a morbid parent. Today, Heather and I met at the courthouse and took the kids to play in a couple of cemeteries. The original plan was for them to take pictures of interesting things. That lasted for about 10 minutes, and the rest of the time was spent running and playing in the open spaces. The first cemetery that we went to was a really old cemetery with some cool monuments. Rachael found a snake skin near a big tree. The second cemetery was one that I actually used to play in as a kid. We lived right next to it, and it was a relaxing, peaceful place to ride your bike (no traffic!) and walk.
School was a little slow today. I was finishing up a website, so I was in a time crunch. I figured this would be a good day for the kids to catch up on some of the History channel programs that I've been recording. The result... 4 hours of Teddy Roosevelt documentaries! Rachael was also able to finish up on some math and lots of reading, but Nick didn't really do much today.
We went apple picking today, and there were 3 horses and a donkey grazing among the apple trees. Our apple picking efforts quickly got tossed aside in lieu of petting the horses. The horses were very sweet - following us wherever we went. We did get a couple of bags picked, but we'll probably go back in a week or two when the Golden Delicious are a little more ripe...
Genesis 9:13-15 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
After our trip to New Harmony, Heather inspired me to try my hand at some creative photography. I talked Jeff into taking us out to the country today for a nature shoot. We explored a local historic covered bridge, a nature refuge, and many, many gravel roads! Despite his reservations, I think even he had a good time - of course, I never could convince him to go to the Botanical Gardens. Oh well, one step at a time! Here are some of my favorites from today...
Day 242 - Corn, corn, corn, corn - sung in the style of Heywood Banks
During the summer, much of southern Indiana's scenery could easily pass for Iowa. (and yes, I do have Heywood Banks' "Interstate 80 Iowa" song running through my mind...) Here are a few pictures from our drive today.
As promised, here are more animal pictures from yesterday's trip to the zoo.
On a different note, Jeff took Rachael to Darla's house to spend the weekend. There is a concert tomorrow at our old church up in Bloomington. The church has asked our homeschool co-op to provide food for the concert volunteers and bands (pureNRG & Mission Six). The adults will be cooking the food on Saturday, and the kids will help serve it before the concert. Rachael has been looking forward to meeting the bands for weeks! I would have taken her, but I'm meeting a cousin tomorrow who will be stopping by on his way home to Virginia from a conference in Chicago...
Today we headed to the zoo with friends Heather, Sophia, & Mary. We hadn't been to this particular zoo in years. They've really done wonders to improve their facilities. It was hotter than we had anticipated, but we still had a good time. The giraffe and otters were the highlights of our trip. After the zoo, we had dinner at a local Mexican-American restaurant. There were no clowns this time (http://summerz1.blogspot.com/2008/06/day-180-pandas-clowns.html), but the food was just as delicious! I'll post some animal pictures tomorrow...
I'm one of those crazy people who love bees. I think that they are fascinating little creatures. My bee-phobic family thinks I need to be commited. Yes, I've been stung before, and no, it wasn't a pleasant experience, but it was always my own fault. Now wasps and other stinging creatures are another story(!)
When we woke up this morning, we ate at Denny's, took advantage of the first "Back to School" sales at Staples, and began to head home. While driving, I saw what appeared to be a snake along the side of the highway. Rachael & I agreed that we needed to take a better look. After finally finding a place to turn around, we pulled over. What we thought was a snake, was actually, this...While still excited about our discovery, we saw a "HUGE SALE" sign and decided to follow it. While traversing nearly 4 miles of gravel roads, we were constantly greeted with signs like this...
Not quitters, we decided to trudge on until we came to our destination...
We searched through mounds of "junk" covered in cobwebs, bugs, and dirt to uncover Rachael's newest treasure... a wrought iron candle holder with a floor stand (it's actually pretty neat!) I'm not sure where she's planning on putting it, but hey, it was 5 bucks!
As we were leaving, I was sure there was an easier route back to the highway. I turned on my trusty TomTom, and he assured me there was a better way. We drove for awhile until I was staring at this in front of me...
Because of the recent flooding, the road was closed. Of course, I ended up going back the same long, treacherous route that I had come...
Name: Amy Home: Indiana, United States About Me: I am a Homeschool Mom of 2 awesome children. This is my attempt at Project 365 - to chronicle our world through daily photos... See my complete profile
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