Thursday, November 27, 2014

ABC Wednesday - T is for Being Thankful

I Am Thankful!

for Family:  Parents, Siblings, In-laws, Husband, Children, and Grandchildren - wish I had more photos!
 Our Summer Get-together - Mark Twain State Park near Hannibal, MO

for Friends:   and the activities in which we participate!

Gardening

Crafts


Quilting

Buddies

OH!!  There are so many photos of so many other friends and occasions....

For ALL of them and ALL of the experiences and ALL the future "encounters!"  

I am Thankful.

For Good Health, for Shelter, for people I love and people that love me back...

Thank You Lord!
Amen!

Happy Thanksgiving to "you and yours."
SG

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Double


Friday
Well, maybe not even "Fry-day" . . . but grilled on a cedar plank!



Memories 
August 20, 2013 at my house... a little Garden Party!  :-)


Busy Day
Cutting Firewood takes all the family!  December 2013.

(from) Where I Stand
I always seem to "find" someone new in our yard every Winter!  ;-)
 

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SG

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

ABC Wednesday - S stands for Snow

Yes, it is now November.   And quite often we SE Iowans receive SNOW in November.  Sometimes more measurable than others.  Our latest snowfall was intense, but short-lived.  :-)


I know the following two photos don't really depict Snow... but I had to catch Jack in action!
Jack Frost, that is!  :-)



And we truly appreciate the Sunshine!  :-)


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SG

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

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In A Row 
(baked pumpkin "doughnuts")


Salty
(Could be snow... taken Feb 6, 2014)


Sweet 
(Also taken last winter)


Sitting Down
(found this fellow in a Nebraska nature center)


"Just Because"
(ever hunt for Morel Mushrooms?)

:-)
SG

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

ABC Wednesday - R is for Rooster

This Buff Orpington Rooster Rules the Roost!  :-)   These are beautiful chickens. They reside in a locally restored farmstead on the south edge of our town.

The Maasdam family moved here many years ago, originally from Holland.  They raised, showed, and sold Percheron horses.  A small home was moved from town to the site, in the last few years, containing information about the farm enterprise and family displays.  It is also a local Welcome Center.

Such a proud fellow!


It has been my desire to render a drawing or painting of this Buff Orpington Rooster.  And so, I have.
Below is the 1/2-way-along progress.

Now he is finished and on display.




Guarding his hens.
:-)  SG

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - November 9, 2014

It has been quite some time since I've attempted to link to Scavenger Hunt Sunday.   I recently checked out this next week's categories... and thought perhaps these might fit.  :-)  

My photos from my yard.  Thanks for not copying.

1.  My View - "There's a Fly in my Eye!"



2.  In My Bag -  
Check out the link HERE to learn about "Pollen Baskets" (corbicula), which is one way bees store and carry large amounts of pollen.

3.  Warm -
The photo below reminds me of myself; wearing my fall vest to keep my body warm, and yet allowing my arms, clothed in shirtsleeves, to remain free.


 4.  Sleeping -
 Ligularia 'Othello' blossoms "sleeping" but in the process of "waking."


5.   Part of the Body -
The Monarch is such a little, light-weight in the grand scheme of the animal world.
and  

 SG

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

ABC Wednesday - Q

Q
Quantify the acQuisition? 

One of my favorite memories involves my best high school friend and my being in our local high school Senior English class... learning wonderful vocabulary words!  There once were a couple of words for which neither of us felt affinity.  So she learned one (garrulous) and I learned the other (loquacious), and we would remind each other daily until we "got them!"  Neither of us could be accused of actually BEING one or the other....  lol.


As I write this post, I wonder if we learned these specific words for a reason?  Perhaps our class in general exhibited these attributes?


I just discovered a Word of the Week program online, that will mail words to my "mailbox!"  I look forward to this.  This is a link to their definition of loquacious!

My guess is that my love of words and root words, spawned my interest in supporting a "word-of-the-week" program in my second-grade classroom!  
 
 
I did not develop the program, as it was originally called "Word of the Day," but adapted it to fit my students.  I placed the next week's "word" in each child's "mailbox" on Fridays.  They took the word home with the expectation that they (and their parents) would look up and write down the meaning to present at some time during the next week.  They were further required to create a model, drawing, etc. to accompany the meaning of the word.  Once they were ready, they presented the "word" to the class.  My theory was that, by the end of the week, each student would have heard and seen (repetition) enough that they might remember at least some of the words.  And perhaps use them!  :-)

Raise your hands if you have Questions . . . 

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