~ harvest moon ~

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

They have found liquid water on Mars....and the Blood Moon, Harvest Moon, lunar eclipse happened. Cooper has been especially excited about it......thanks to Mr. Redding! I've been reading My Side of the Mountain at night to Cooper......He's enjoying it......

This week has been busy as most.....school work is never-ending as usual. Cooper finished up football season and this weekend is our fall break. We will all go to Destin, Florida...it should be nice to feel that ocean breeze and relax for a while. I plan on it......

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A Harvest Moon over Lake Champlain...one of .my favorite spots.

Ava & Hilly after their flag football game together!

Brock's game at John Paul II this past Friday....it was a rainy game...but it was all turf as you can see......= no mud!

Cooper had his first 6th grade after school event: Glow Party - it was a huge success! Here he is with his friends. 

Yes, my sheep fell over and couldn't get up.....the struggle is REAL

Randy Toy visited my classroom to speak on Tolerance...we've been studying this in many of our stories and I wanted students to gain a more symbolic feel through the arts.....we don't have programs like this and feel this is such a valuable part of who we are as humans!

Tuckered out after her basketball practice!

Hilly and Misty May......sweet girls!

~Recharging~

What a wonderful Sunday....yes, there is something about Sunday....Today was beautiful. I took the day to just enjoy being present at home and with my kids and mother.......it was a so pretty outside today. We even went to Patsy and Buddy's.......I think my goat is pregnant........We just love going to Patsy's and Buddy's ........we gain a little something every time we visit. As Hillary states as we pull up, "Mama, I just love Patsy's".....I shared with her my special Priscilla (the duck) story when I was nine and how Patsy and I met. 

Enjoy your day - may it be a slow dance to recharge...... XOXO~

Had a summer barn lot get together over the weekend.....a nice gathering to say hello autumn and goodbye to summer.....many people joined us....Gary played music with the guys and the BBQ was delicious, Layman!
Here are Barbie, Morgan, and I with none other than...Bart.

Kids joining in on the singing!

Good times!

Hillary went to a Horse Riding Party for Amelia today...It was a lot of fun....below are pictures of the fun! It was so nice to see them all today!

Tiring night after Homecoming tonight!

Cooper at 6th grade Homecoming!

Brock & Hilly at Homecoming at EHMS.....Hillary was attendant for the night....

Hillary....pretty afternoon for a game.....feeling more like fall....

Hilly and Rhiannon...funny thing...they are cousins too! Life is such a circle.....

Basketball for the 3rd and 4th grade girls has begun! We've had 2 practices so far......lots of great talent...looking forward to this year!!

Teaching tolerance this week at school through various speeches....and this quote pretty much sums up the concept for me! I sure love it.....

~ September Sun ~

Here's a song...for you today:

https://youtu.be/vNKJJ2nkTKw

"You Live Inside Me......."

That moon shine'in in on her forehead

lit up with youth kissed skin

glowing, soft, baby-like cheeks

We could stay here

We could go

We could climb a mountain tomorrow and go visit'in

My mind track'in my footsteps like fresh tracks in a Nor'easter

Yeah, we could go...........

That road, where it leads, how it curves and winds is a story to tell.......

Irony.

We could go to find that hidden treasure and collect rocks, pine cones, and fill our pockets 

Those trees swaying in the wind; that fall howl blow'in a winter whisper our way as if to say:

We could stay here

or 

We could go.......

Let's go dream'in dear one.......that cottage, those lights softly dim, and that snowy rain falling heavy on us as we sleep. 

Yes, I've been day dream'in and think'in when I have a moment......Like Robert Frost's love affair with the world .......You could say I had my own love affair with Irony.......You rarely escape life without a hard dose of it. 

My mind has been tracking my days down -an exact year from today. Fall feels cool around here lately and I am reminiscent of those New England spent days. Vermont was so much more to me than that of a geographical location on a map of time and space. It was my thoughts, dream, a vision, and a passion. It was a homecoming to the unfamiliar into the  familiar. 

Friends over this past weekend.....

Brock and Giles at Flag

Pappy & Brock

Dickson County Fair ....that Hilly had to dress a certain way....you know, it is FAIR time....!

Sweetness....Since mine were all babies....pictures right here.

Morgan sent me this picture of Coach P at dinner in S. Carolina.....Now, he's on my blog.....Congrats, Mr. P....hope your release was granted for me to include you on this public forum! I've missed you .....what a wonderful human I had the pleasure to get to know and pleasure of working with during my year teaching at Riverside. Thank you, Larry. 

Hilly trying on her dress.