Sunsets and fall colors are the best of gifts!
Category: Family
I know that a lot of my posts are about walks, but I feel like we are on a journey these days. It’s been a long walk since March! Wren played I Want Jesus to Walk with Me for her hymn of comfort tonight. I’m glad we have Jesus with us on this walk!
Here are some pictures I’ve taken on recent walks. They range from walks on our camping trip (yes, I still have more photos), to a walk I took in a local forest preserve and a trip to see Lake Michigan (we’ve missed the lake).
I can’t believe my girl is in middle school.
She was looking forward to lockers and changing classes, orchestra and art, and making new friends. Today was not what we expected, but it was a good day (I think).
We made it through…but *whew* that was exhausting! Thanks for those of you who still check on the blog and read even though I’m not getting a post up every night. I made it through the first week and now this week we get to see what Middle School is like! (I can’t believe I have a Middle Schooler!)
I’m trying to be creative with my classes this year, and keep it engaging despite being a zoom class. When I am in the classroom, I always try to have “Film Friday.” Students really look forward to Fridays, and they learn to love David Attenborough almost as much as I do. So for our first “Film Friday” I did something special for the class. The discussion post this week was for the class to tell us all about their favorite place. I went and found photos online of all of the favorite places and this is what it looks like! I really love seeing the places that others love – and learning about why!
Hymn of comfort is back tomorrow! I’ve already got it set and ready to go!!!
One of the best parts of our weekend were all of the different light shows! The sunsets were spectacular!
We had lots of fun around the campfire!
Every night we went out to watch the stars! I loved this (admittedly as much as birding!) – especially the opportunity to work on my night sky photography!
Wren recorded For the Beauty of the Earth while we were camping – we couldn’t think of a more appropriate hymn for our weekend!
It’s a really busy season for teachers, and this season is unlike any I’ve ever experienced. Recently, we haven’t been able to post as often as we would like. We try for every-other-day, but it’s been hard to get it done. We hope that some of you who visit us on the blog will forgive us for our recent This past weekend, we took a wonderful break. We love to camp, and we did have a wonderful night on a friend’s farm…but we have missed the longer camping trips that we normally have each summer. Being limited to travel within Illinois actually forced me to learn more about natural areas close to home! We found an amazing place. We were able to enjoy birding, hiking, star-gazing and music-making! I’ll blog about it all week. Here are a few highlights…but more (including music) coming tomorrow.
This guy really endures a lot!
But he is the most faithful friend a girl could have!!!
He has a new skateboard and helmet:
He gets dressed up as his archenemy, Jazz the chameleon!
But he also gets the best seat for watching squirrels,
trained humans who constantly throw his ball (much to our dismay), and…
…as much love and as many belly rubs that can fit in a day!
Not to mention a lot of music – which happens to be his favorite thing!
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