I mentioned this morning {below} that we were taking the children {3,4 & 5 year olds} to the festival of trees to see the tree they made. Here's a detail image; click it to view their tree in its full glory. {sorry this isn't the best image but it's kind of hard to hold a bunch of little hands and take pictures at the same time!} While we were there a photographer from the local newspaper took a photo. I'll attach a link of it tomorrow!
Until then,
Heather
Hello to you and hello Monday,
Here are a couple photos from our drive back through Kansas Saturday morning after visiting my husband's family for Thanksgiving. It was sunny and then suddenly it was incredibly dense and hazy for a few minutes. The railroad tracks {seen in bottom photo} run alongside this road.
Today is a teaching day {I teach arts-based preschool at the Lawrence Arts Center}. We will be walking with the preschoolers to see the Festival of Trees. Every year the children make a tree and ornaments; there is always lots of color and glitter involved. The festival is held downtown at historic Liberty Hall with an auction later in the week to raise funds for The Shelter. Lots of people, businesses, groups, and organizations make and donate trees for this event. Seeing a theatre filled with decorated trees and hearing lots of children always gets my spirit ready for Christmas.
: I always enjoy Bibbi's landscape photos, they are beautiful and other-worldly.
: And please go see the amazing progress Helle is making on the rubbish vortex crocheted plastic bag project.
have a good one,
Heather
Hello friends and family,
How are you? I hope you all have had a good weekend and if you celebrated Thanksgiving I hope you enjoyed time with family and friends.
We just returned yesterday from visiting with my husband's family. We were able to see some of his close family and dear, long-time friends. On Thanksgiving day, one of the people we had dinner with was his maternal grandmother who is 95 years young and still enjoys a game of "upwords", which we played. I took a couple photos of her room in the photo above. We had another Thanksgiving meal on Friday with some more family and friends, another delightful day. Friday night we had a beautiful little snow.
Tomorrow I will share a few photos of the snowy landscape during our drive back.
I look forward to catching up with all of you in the next couple days.
I hope you're well!
Heather
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Counting blessings as small as a pinhole or a snowflake...
A beautiful poem of Thanksgiving by Ella Wheeler Wilcox at Angie's cozy nest, worth reading whether or not you celebrate this holiday. Hearts are thankful all over the globe.
I'm on a holiday break and off to visit family over the plains and past the grain elevators. I shall return at least by Monday {if not sooner}!
Take care,
Heather
hello friends and family,
I promised a few food pictures; the preparations are underway for the Thanksgiving dinner. mmm, the cranberry sauce smells so good. What you're cooking smells good too! After eating apples with peanut butter for my lunches lately, I have to say I am looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner{s}!
Heather