Bath Time

Day TWO

After 7 hours in the basement today, I finally got it finished!
Organized, cleaned and sassy.

Now, I just need to haul the barn stuff to the barn (from the basement I might add) and then be done with it. I had plans to do the barn too, but just might save that until tomorrow. If I feel like it at all, that is. I might rather do gardening. Or read the paper and drink a lot of coffee.

All in all, I am still happy and enjoying this solace.

Anna reports that all is well in NH. Jakob fell in some waterfall on a hike yesterday as he was reaching for a rock and hardly noticed! He was so focused on snatching the rock! They were out playing rocket baloons when I called today.
Good to know mama number two has it all under control!

Home Alone

Weird, isnt' it?
I haven't been home alone for more than a few hours in 4 years....
And here I am, alone for two and one half days.

Ah.

It's amazing.
I slept the entire night through last night without waking up once.
I woke up at 6:17, but that is just my normal wake up time now.
The amazing part is that I didn't wake up until then.

Ah.

And I did whatever I wanted today, on my schedule.
It was truly heavenly. Sure, I cleaned and sorted and did laundry too, but there was not one single interruption. Serious bliss.

Anna took the boys to NH for a visit with her brother, and my task is to finish the downsizing mess we created when we recreated the duplex. And get ready for a tag sale. Lovely, don't you think? All the spiderwebs in the basement can't put a dent in my euphoria about solitude.

Ah...

Owl or Dove, Dove or Owl?

We took a walk tonight with friends in a beautiful wetlands and then meadow. This is a little clip of Anders and his friend Oscar. They are walking along and hear a Mourning Dove. Oscar hears it first and says he hears an Owl. Anders says it could be a dove. It goes back and forth between them, Oscar insisting it's an owl, and Anders saying it could be an owl or a dove...we just don't know. It's beautiful!

Kitchen Chemistry

We had a lot of fun today doing volcanic science experiments in the kitchen. Who knew that a little baking soda and vinegar could be so exciting?!!

Recipe:

A little bit of warm water and dish soap with a little food coloring added (1/4 cup)
About 3 tablespoons of baking soda
Put the above into a small bottle
Add enough vinegar to cause an erruption (about 1/4 cup at a time)

You can repeat the pouring of the vinegar into the bottle to repeat the erruption.

It's Raining, It's Pouring

We took a walk in the rain today and ended up at our friends house, even though they weren't home. They have 3 chickens that we like to visit, Emily, George, and Balee. After checking in on the hens we sat on their front steps for a rest, or maybe just to make faces.

Sleeping Beauties III

Yes, we did have to move them in the end, but they sure looked incredibly beautiful draped across the bed.