Busy Times

My brother recently left me a comment wondering where we were....

We're here, sort of. The dining table has undergone a metamorphosis since the last post! We've entered a crazy few weeks with work where I'm out leading teacher workshops in the evenings a couple of nights a week, N is working in Virginia, and Hels has embarked on some big school projects. Amidst all this, Hels joined a teen Morris dancing troupe and Lou passed her Book 1 Suzuki test. She's so very proud. To pass the test, she had to play the hardest song perfectly and have memorized all the songs in the book so she could play any the teacher gave her. She passed with flying colors. That led to another evening out for celebration...

So, this week we're reduced to crock pot meals and canned fruit in the lunches as I've run out of anything fresh.













It's still winter here with signs of spring-- As I've been burning the rubber up and down the highways of Vermont, I've noticed that the snowpack is going down. The river ice is up on the road. The trees have sprouted their syrup buckets. I look forward to a brief respite this weekend when we can breath it all in before next week's round of a similar schedule.


I know some of you asked about making the birds from the last post. The idea came from this month's issue of Family Fun magazine. We'll see if we can pull off a little tutorial this weekend.