The Laurel School

Last week Casey, Orin, and I visited the Laurel School,
a school for preschoolers through 5th graders
located on 2 acres of beautiful land complete
with 5 playgrounds, a pool, and 2 greenhouses.
Their curriculum and mission seemed to match
what we were looking for
(lots of arts, language studies, and a whole
horticulture/nature program)
so we signed him up for two days a week.
This picture was taken at the school picnic
(sorry I didn't get a better one)
I will keep you updated about how the first day goes.

For Andy

Hurricane Hike

Hurricane Irene was supposed to hit the Cape hard,

with forecasts of inches of rain, high winds,
power-outages and flooding, but by mid-day it became clear
that we were missing the brunt of it
so Casey, Orin, and I headed to the cranberry bog
to get the most out of whatever was left.

The Hardest Goodbye

This morning, as the winds of Hurricane Irene began to pick up,

my beautiful baby girl passed on into
whatever comes after this life.

I am convinced that Purple was the most loving, loyal,
and amazing dog to ever live and I feel so grateful to have
gotten to share so many wonderful years with her.
Memories of Purple will live in our hearts forever
and I am sure that her spirit will remain with us always.
I know she would have it no other way.

I miss you already my love, my baby girl.
Thank you so much for all of the joy you brought to my life
and know that I will never forget you.

Story time

Grape Vine!

We finished making the grape arbor today
and planted a grape at each of the four corners.
We are hoping that all the plants will take well
to their new home and that in a couple years
we will have a full-blown grape vine.
Here is a picture of us in middle of the project.
Orin finds that he works best in his underwear.

Bye tree!

Tomorrow we are going to begin work on the grape arbor

which means that today was a good time
to remove the dead tree from the arbor's planned location.
It was a one-man job.