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{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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summer 2012 :: six

wow.  six came.  six came with two new teeth and a whole new level of thoughtfulness and Polite.  six made those dimples even more adorable and those jeans shorter. 

six loves drawing more than five and I never thought that would happen.  six decided putting one's head under water was really okay, and six wants to camp in the backyard.  independent, this six.  at least, more than five.

but six is still snuggly in the morning.  and six still likes to rock sometimes.  six cried because he did not want to get too big lest he no longer fit on his mama's lap.  (six's mama cried, too, at that.) 

six is kind and intuitive and sweet.  six is fiercely protective of his sister.  six is inventive.  six is just right.

birthday gifts from Sister . . .

six is august.  happy birthday, my first baby.  we love you so much.

 

 

potatoes

2/3rds of our potatoes have been harvested.  This morning August and I weighed them and we have over 40 pounds of potatoes in our basement.  Some we sorted to put away in a cool, dark spot for the winter months and some we will can for fried potato and egg breakfasts or quick and easy soup ingredients. 

Potatoes are one of my favorite vegetables to grow.  They pop out of the earth like tiny dinosaurs emerging from their shells, cracking and pushing the earth aside to make room for their little leaves to stretch and grow.  When it's time to harvest, we find it to be much like finding buried treasure.  You just never know how many or how big those treasures deep in the earth will be! 

 

 

compare & contrast

Remember those 'compare & contrast' paragraphs you wrote for school?  The ones where you were to pick a subject and write one paragraph comparing all the similarities and another contrasting the differences?  Sometimes we would pick the silliest things, like the pencil sharpeners in the two class rooms, or morning recess compared to noon recess. 

A few posts ago, I shared pictures of our perfect day at the river.  And while there was really no green grass to speak of - just 'hay on a stem' - it was still quite beautiful and scenic.

But just a few miles down the road, to the north or west, the scenery was a very different story.  What started as a fire from dry lightning turned into a 75,000 +- acre fire across the northern section of our state. 

My parents live within 15 miles of where this fire started - I spent many summers swimming and playing in the waters of this beautiful river valley and neighboring creeks.  Over 98 fire units in Nebraska alone responded to assist in battling the blazes that burned so many acres of canyon, farm ground and pasture.  Several people lost their homes and many buildings were ravaged in the fire. 

Here's a great contrasting picture showing a side of the river not touched by fire and the burned side.  You can see by the grass in the forefront why everything is so flammable!  Our state is in an extreme drought that is affecting all types of livelihood, starting with those in agriculture. Please pray for rain as everyone in Nebraska desperately needs it, especially for crops and livestock. 

 

 

 

flower happiness

sightings from our week

quite possibly the world's smallest active fire hall . . .

longhorns . . .

a sweetsy-weetsy, itty-bitty, baby pudder-tat . . .

this here little girl (and mama) that wants to bring the pudder-tat home . . .

only August would find a John Deere picnic table in a remote picnic area . . .

another nest . . .

my animal whisperer taking an interest in showing pigs . . .

happy birthday wishes for Daddy . . . we love you!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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a perfect day at the river

the perfect day

soft, wet sand :: a picnic by the water :: everywhere you look, bouquets from the river :: shallow stretches of warm water to splash in and sandbars on which to run and play :: proof you need no toys :: rocks to collect and minnows to follow :: sandy treasures brought home in a cup

a perfect day, indeed 

 

 

summer 2012 :: homemade water slide

 

too much fun for August :: too slippery for Sister :: too hot for anything else ::

thank you Daddy!