PreSchool Reunion....ie Gingerbread House Fun

Kuba and his friends from Sara's Preschool had a holiday reunion...

made gingerbread houses, played games in the old basement/preschool, and 

took a retake of an old photo they had when they were all 4 years old.  

Winter Orchestra Concert 2018

To view Anders performances, click here.

Dog in, Dog out

 

 

Magic Woods

Having a dog certainly brings adventure to a life.  The other day Anna and Kuba took Thea for a walk at the Intervale to check out the thickness of the ice on a pond there.  Kuba noticed a deer laying on the ice, injured and bloody.   At first he thought it was a wolf eating a deer, but then noticed it was a deer seemingly stuck in the ice.  They went for help and when they returned and waited for the state police to arrive, keeping watch over the deer.  The deer looked them both in the eye - they could see the fear and pleading in the deer's eyes.  They both said a little prayer for the deer.   And then the deer died.  Later Anna and a friend came back and gutted the deer for venison.   The guts were placed there in the snow for other animals to eat.

Two days later we took the dog again for a walk.  This time to what we call Magic Woods.   We went to clip greens but ended up finding more than that.  There was a big owl there, and they happened to spot it just after a fresh kill.  It had gutted a rabbit - and left only the fur and guts.  Remarkable that within a couple of days both deer and rabbit guts were laid out in the snow.

Climate Creative

It's been a artful few months...lots of trips to museums, my mom's art show, and just recently Kuba's art was in 2 different shows.  Here's a piece he did for Climate Creative, a show about the effects of Climate Change.  His fifth grade class embroidered threatened and endangered species in Vermont.  

Kuba embroidered Cutler's Goldenrod, Cutler's goldenrod is a rare alpine species found on ridges, plateaus and ravines.  

Problem Behavior

Thea might be cute, but she's terribly destructive when she's bored.

She got a hold of Kuba's mouse and started to rip it up with her very sharp teeth.  

Luckily I noticed in time and rescued mousey from the jaws of death.  

Now she has a neat little scar but that's it.  

Kuba and Thea

we hoped for just this

when we said yes to this pup

snuggling like siblings