I dug up this 2018 video of Juliet at one of her riding lessons was she was 9 years old. I hope you enjoy!
Back to School, 2021
Nate and Juliet are both back in school, after some fits and starts. They started earlier this year, the week before Labor Day instead of the week of it.
But three days in, Wednesday, September 1, the schools closed early for the impending remnants of Hurricane Ida. It didn’t actually arrive until hours after school would have ended anyway. That evening we received notice that the schools would be closed on Thursday as well, due to the many impassable roads and other damage Ida left behind.
Friday was a scheduled day off, apparently due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday. No school.
Monday was Labor Day. No school.
Tuesday and Wednesday were Jewish holidays. No school.
Back to school on Thursday and Friday, the 9th and 10th of September. Jokes were made on Saturday about how thankful the children were for the weekend after such a grueling week.
Monday the 13th arrived without incident, as did Tuesday and from what it seems, today as well.
Tomorrow is a Jewish holiday. No school.
Raspberries Straight from the Bush
One of the things I remember fondly from my childhood was the raspberry bush behind our house. I cannot imagine how many I ate straight off the bush. It was a regular part of summer.
I wanted my own children to have that same opportunity, so a few years ago we planted some raspberries and other berries in the back yard. Raspberry bushes take a few years to really get going. Their time, it would seem, has come. Juliet came in the other day with a hearty bowl full of them (and one or two blackberries as well).
I went out again this morning, and there were plenty more again. Looks like it will be a bounteous summer.
Nate with an Autographed Flag
When Nate was too young to remember, his grandmother gave him a gift of an American flag signed by Robert Heft, the man who, as a seventeen-year-old, designed the current, fifty-star version as a high school assignment.
The story behind Mr. Heft’s project has been documented in Reader’s Digest, StoryCorps, and many other places as well.
A Desperate Man
I keep my hair short. But with the pandemic and social distancing and what not, all of the barbers have been shuttered. What’s a man to do? Desperate times call for desperate measures.
A Gorgeous Day
This past Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous day. We had been cooped up for so long, what with the pandemic and all, so we took advantage of the beautiful weather to take a walk along the Delaware Canal tow path. We saw a lot of geese with their goslings as well as a few turtles. It was great to get out of the house and enjoy the sun and warm weather, and we topped it off with a backyard barbecue of spare ribs and corn. What a great day!
Easter 2019
Jigsaw Puzzle with Grandma
Challenge: Completed 
Garden Sprouts
We are getting ready for planting season! We are growing both a vegetable garden and a flower garden this year. Among our crops will be watermelons and sweet 100 tomatoes; snowy spires and cleos are going in the flower bed.
We planted some seeds indoors, so they would have a head start when we put them in the gardens. We put them on an East-facing window sill to get plenty of sun. They are really taking off! Some of them have grown so tall already that we had to take the covers off the boxes.
