Happy Fall !

Well, this entry finds our grass growing on Little Fenway and our football and basketball areas. We are enjoying great weather in middle Tennessee! Fall is here - it is apparent in the changing scenery and animal behaviors. Today I will make post about our unique name: Barn Swallow Summer Camp. I will also include various pictures of my children and their experiences with animals and farm life in general.

The term “Barn Swallow” was derived from the migratory birds that return every year when I was a child at my grandfather’s idyllic red barn. When I was a child, I named my childhood club “The Barn Swallow Club”. Barn Swallows are considered like “summer campers” in that they return to their homes in the summer. Children in our rural community would return every year to use their enthusiastic imagination to create a world designed around natural elements. Hay served as the material for most of the furnishings. We built a kingdom of hay made into desks, tables, and chairs. The times shared in the hay loft of this club became deep rooted in our minds and hearts forever. I will never forget the feeling of the freedoms when  using my creativity and applying knowledge to the natural world around me; for that my life has led me to creating a “habitat” for children in which they too can create, imagine, and build these memories. I am joined by my life long friend and also former Barn Swallow Club member, Tucker Hobbs (& family). Our hope is that your child’s summer is filled with inspiration, self-esteem building, and warm, cherished memories!