Random Moments

Here's a little moment that turned out to be one of my best memories from the past week. The kids were up by 6:15 Sunday morning - the first really chilly morning after the swampy, buggy weather of last week - and the neighborhood was cloaked in fog. We ventured onto the porch for a quick look, but Parker and Sawyer didn't want to come back in. So we all headed down to the trail (bleary-eyed, hair sticking up, teeth unbrushed) to experience the cool, misty morning. Cobwebs, heavy and white with dewdrops, could be seen everywhere, and the woods were quiet. We ended up walking for more than an hour.

Asters, transplanted from my late grandmother's garden, are in full bloom for the first time this year.

Art in the buff...

A new nighttime ritual - looking for bats in the sky at dusk ...

Parker drew a special picture for our neighbor, Amanda (an older woman of 12). He was so excited to give it to her. Here he is waiting by the fence.

And here's Amanda accepting the drawing so sweetly.