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A Fanciful Twist!

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Happy Haunting!

spider webs and a diorama

This spider is living right outside my bedroom window.

I watched it build this web the other day after heavy rain and wind

destroyed the first one.

Every morning when I wake up I check to see if my new neighbor is still there!

Binky finished his ocean diorama today.

He made the kelp, the rock that the eel is poking out of, and the red coral with air dry

clay.  I like the school of fish he painted in the background.

This goes with his Oceans study.  He just finished listening to "The Cay" on disc.  This was the first time we used an audio book.  Binky loved it!  He relaxed in the living room while listening so intently.  I checked out "Island of the Blue Dolphins" to start this week. 

I also can't wait to try this project before we head to the Monterey

Bay Aquarium in a couple of weeks.  The jellies are one of our favorite exhibits.

It's not even 9pm and I am exhausted!

Looking forward to another great day tomorrow!

Harvest Festival

The kids and I spent yesterday at a local farm for their yearly Harvest Festival.

It was warm, crowded and lots of fun.

We said hello to the animals,

picked a lot of corn,

really beautiful corn,

found some pumpkins, made a corn husk doll, and had some yummy snacks.

This is our bounty of Indian corn.

Isn't it beautiful?

I love, love, love the colors!

They are like jewels!

These kernels remind me of garnets.

Goose likes to remove the kernels and grind them in her mortar and pestle

for potions and the like.

I am saving some for displaying around the house and

some for art projects like kernel mosaics.

Last year I made a corn kernel necklace.

I hope you are enjoying the season as much as we are!

Happy Autumn!