Hadassah's Grade 8 Graduation

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Duck Duck Goose!

Mute Swan

Building A Nest

Dark-eyed Junco

See? I'm A Black-capped Chickadee!

White-throated Sparrow

The birds are finally coming around . . .

December Blooms

Can you believe my front yard currently has a cherry tree in full bloom ?!

Through The Years

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Mish Mash Catch Up

O wow.  I just plum forgot to blog for over a month.  It was certainly not for lack of things going on.  Lots of weekend visitors, class trips, Hurricane Sandy, new cousins for my kiddos, a nor'easter blowing through with snow and a host of other exciting happenings in the regular chaos of life.

Hurricane Sandy knocked down our big Oak tree.

Below is Izzy with her inspiration, Chloe. Chloe is my brother's dog, a full Bichon Frise and when I first met her in 2010, I said, "If this is a dog, I'll take one!"  (Izzy is half Bichon Frise and half Yorkshire Terrier.  We had to get some beige in there.  I knew that if Chloe were my dog, she'd never be this white!)

Fall Flowers

I'm kind of happy with the amount of flowers that are still blooming around town these days.  Everything is still so pretty and with the rain, it all looks so lush!  I rather enjoyed my ride through the woods today that carpooling requires of  me.  Even a few trees starting to rust.

 

 

Our Driveway Has The Perfect Slant

Office chair racing anyone?

 

Wheel Bug Multi-tasking

Have you ever seen a Wheel Bug mating while eating a bee?  Well, now you have!



Yup. I Caved.

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More of Elim Lodge

If you haven't already noticed, we spent this past week with all my siblings, their families and my parents again on Pigeon Lake in the north country of Ontario.  I have too many pictures to share so I'll just show you a few of my favorites:

A very mis-leading picture since he was in this
hammock for a total of 45 seconds or so.

The view just outside our door.  Our "cottage" was about 15 feet from the water.
Shifrah loved to splash and play in there.

Sam and Shifrah kayaking

Fishing off the dock

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Wanna ride a hotdog?

Hadassah and Josiah weren't to be seen too much this week.  They disappeared with their cousins sometime each morning and though I saw them now and again around the grounds, they generally came back for dinner or bed.

Having Fun At Elim Lodge

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