Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Winter Panic


So winter panic has been setting in for me this week. It is turning into the end of August. The house isn't done being sided. We have an exchange student coming in a week. We have no firewood stacked (or bought or split) for the winter, and that is our only source of heat. I have frozen one bag of kale and one bag of pesto. I think late blight is trying to set in in the garden. AHHHH!!!!And then a quick picture of the kids to calm me down.


Sunday, August 14, 2011

More catch up: fun with Peter


So little baby Peter doesn't know this, but he has officially reached the age of babiness that I love and find truly irresistible. Lucky for me, Mary humors me and lets me steal him away sometimes. Because even though he is completely delectible, I also remember what it meant to be a momma who always had a baby in her arms, could never put him down. It's nice to have a friend whisk him away for a little while. So it works out for both of us.

My friend Mary and her husband are deeply entrenched in the workings of a dairy farm. Her husband is actually the vegetable farmer for the operation, but really they are half of the team that run the farm. All four of the people involved are first-generation farmers, running one of the few, if not only, organic dairies in the state of NH. They lost the lease to their land and will be moving the entire farm (roughly 100 cows, plus pigs, chickens, and people) this spring. Can you imagine? Luckily, they're moving into Ann and Larry's territory. So we can still be friends:) In the meantime I'm just going to breath in Peter's adorableness.




Wednesday, August 10, 2011

A few other recent visitors!


This is Dre, our Fresh Air kid for the summer! Great experience so far! So good with my kids and a nice kid in general!And then my cousin Sarah, with child, and David for a brief absolutely lovely afternoon by the sea...




Monday, August 08, 2011

A few recent developments.


I am so far way behind on postings. I give up. I'm not going to catch up. So I'm just going to put a few pictures of what has been going on.

Our new window, aka stage. Looks awesome.A cousinly visit with ONE picture as record. Sorry Caroline.
Lots of flowers cut and bunched and headed to market over and over and over again.
A few trips to York's Wild Kingdom where you can ride antique amusement park rides at your own risk...
New potatoes.