Outside my Window: The days have been overcast lately and the weather cooling. Perfect yardwork temperatures, love those hoodies days! Above is a snap from the cross-country course at Brown City High School and Nature Center. It was a wonderful day for a run.
What's on my Mind: Getting my yoga practice back into the schedule. Now that the boys will be in school I can get back to my morning routine of practicing while the house is quiet. It's not the same when everyone is home and I just don't get up early enough to do it before the rest of the household awakes in the summer.
Thankful for: Another fun and educational outing with my choir ladies, this time to Port Huron to see the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse. There is a 20 year restoration plan for the facility and things are looking wonderful so far.
Creative Endeavors: Still working with my perennials moving plants around and getting the colors and sizes arranged better around the house. Rob also got the wood chipper going finally so hoping to mulch up all the branches he trimmed over the last few weeks and get a good covering down on the gardens.
Latest Project: Decluttering (an ongoing, neverending project, really) and setting things aside for our massive garage sale next summer.
My 3 Sons: First day back to school could not have come to soon. The boys were so bored they couldn't wait to get back in the academic routine! Me, too! I forgot to explain in the last post that after a couple of regular football practices Fox realized there was too much he did not know about the sport and decided to go back to cross country with a new perspective, refreshed appreciation, and upgraded attitude. Ben is also going to double sport this season with rec-soccer since he needs to get as much field time in as possible before high school try-outs next year.
The first Born: Loving her two new jobs closer to home, both still in food service but that's fine. She opens for Tim Hortons and does evenings at Appleby's in different towns.
Employment News: Started this past weekend at the farm, pouring honey, making candles, helping customers. It was a steady but slow opening but in another week or two when the prime grapes come in things are going to get wild!
Hoping to Improve: Working together on projects with my husband and making the tough choices to let items go that are useless, hold bad chi, or can bring some kind of profit.
Food for Thought: "I have been inspired by seeing folks tackle this challenge [eating fresh] head-on, in unique ways. For instance, the Edible Schoolyard project founded in California by Alice Waters, the head of the buy local, eat fresh movement, has had a tremendous impact on the children involved as well as on the local community in which the project was founded. I was so impressed by this project that I have worked with Alice and some other folkds in order to bring an edible schoolyard to one of our schools in New Orleans. As a result, children are eating better, more healthful meals, and have a genuine respect for Mother Earth and the hard work required to put food on the table. They are learning about nutrition, gardening, and the impact of farming on our environment." ~Emeril Lagasse - Farm to Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh
