This month has been full of guests and projects.
Family and friends have all helped me update the antique booth with new arrangements of furniture and "smalls." The antique keys from England labeled "Secret Keys" sold like hotcakes! Katherine had cleverly packaged them in little bags, cute labels and ribbons. The September Martha Stewart magazine has the same kind of key in the same kind of baggie. Perhaps the maven had shopped our booth here in Chester, Vermont, on her way to Maine.
Our friends Paul and Julie collapsed an old shed, and Ian began a new wood shed for the three cords of wood we have ordered for the new woodstove. He was able to use much of the shed's aged wood for the support beams. Now it's time to stack the wood!
I also enjoyed a wonderful Nature Journaling course in nearby Grafton at the Nature Center. Along with 10 local teachers and two Nature Center Directors, I worked on creating nature journal entries, studied beaver habitats and dipped aquatic creatures (tadpoles, water striders, beetles, salamanders and leeches) out of a local pond. Lots of ideas here to use here for my fall language arts classes. Nature journals link science, art and writing so beautifully! This summer has been quite a sabbatical.
