Sunday Serenity

Varco/Murray/Blystone cousins gathered for our 2012 Thanksgiving feast

With the exception of two that simply couldn't be with us this Thanksgiving, above are all the cousins that belong to GB's Aunt Micki's side of the family. My three are actually second cousins, but you'd never know considering how close they all are.

What a wonderful day Thanksgiving 2012 was!

For all of us!

xoabb

good memories!

Sunday Serenity

A big beautiful bouquet of blue delphinium brighten the Fedex Counter-top!
Quite an unexpected delight!

Blue delphiniums

Sitting on the counter-top

Such a nice surprise!

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xoabb

expect loveliness!

Sunday Serenity

Sasqua Pond turkey babies are growing up!

 Turkey tots on the grow! 

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xoabb

babies always grow up...usually way too quickly (sigh)

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Movin' On...

Lower Fairfield County

Nothing more beautiful than the sun shining on storm clouds that are moving on.

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xoabb

Those were some big thunder-boomers!

Sunday Serenity

Newest brood of Sasqua Pond Road turkey chicks...

The last 30 years

We've been blessed with a new brood

of turkey babies

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xoabb

expect goodness!

Daddy

In the garden

Grandad & Grandson

Feeding the duckies

Planting spring-time lettuce for his bride

(of 64 years)

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To the very best father a girl could have

My sibs and I are so very very fortunate

Love love LOVE you, daddy!

~

xoabb

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! 

And thanks to all the moms that made the day possible!

My Mushroom Box

Mushroom Box

June 10, 2012 @ 12 noon

Darling daughter of the oldest variety (that would be Remy, the one that's teaching in Haiti) sent me a mushroom box for Mother's Day this year. I followed the directions to a tee and then sat back and waited for the marvelous results. And waited. And waited....

Finally, just over a month after I'd set up my box, and as I was getting ready to throw it out, I noticed a bit of growth had occurred! I'd complained to the company as the box said it would take no more than 10 days for growth to happen. They sent me a fresh box and I was getting ready to throw this box out and start anew when - yippee - the mushrooms finally are growing! And growing. And growing...

June 12, 2012 @ 7:45pm

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xoabb

expecting sauteed mushrooms any day now!

Our Very Own Resident Hummer!

First time in 30 years our hummer feeder has been put to steady use!
And above's the proof!
Yippee!

After all these years

Our very first hummer has

Made our home her home!

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xoabb

expect anything!

We are Duck Herders!

Duck Herding Duties
(click the above link for more duck-herding photos)
I've discovered it's very hard to shoot a video and help herd ducks at the same time!

Mama mallard duck has flown into our school courtyard every spring for the last several years to hatch her babies. Only problem is...the courtyard is completely enclosed. So, a few days after the babies have hatched, our very own duck whisperer teacher (she's pictured above at the very first of the video) gathers a bunch of volunteer duck herders so we can help lead mama and her babies from the courtyard, through the school, across the grounds of the school to the very conveniently located creek by the side of our school.

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xoabb

quack quack!

Sunday Serenity - Good Mama

Enclosed courtyard of our school - 5th year in a row this mama has come back to hatch her babies there
Friday we duck herders led them through the school to the nearby stream...and freedom...

Good mama mallard

Protecting her babies from 

the murdering crows

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xoabb

Sting + "murdering crows" lyric = good song!