Woodsong
July 9, 2008
- My three-week search for a rubber chicken for VBS has been successful. Brianna told me Sunday afternoon that Fifi has a rubber chicken. I called Mary Ellen the next day to double check and told her to ask Fifi if I could borrow it. Everyone agreed Fifi said yes. Brianna said Fifi didn’t like the old thing anyway. Now if the Taylor household can locate Fifi’s rubber chicken and not forget to ...
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July 6, 2008
- After lunch, Gerald phoned excitedly from the lake. We’ve had a season of broken eggs in flower bed nests, and we had given up hope of any new ducklings this summer. But there were seven tiny baby ducklings swimming with their mother. We have no idea where she managed to safely hide away her nest. It is fascinating that as soon as the ducks are hatched, the mother leads them to the ...
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July 3, 2008
- Thursday, July 03, 2008A friend wrote, "Someone stole June." June happened much too quickly for me too, and now it seems July is already hurrying by much too quickly. I want to yell: Slow down, Life!" Where are those lazy hazy days of summer?The dining room table is covered with boxes for Vacation Bible School. I am gathering up all the stuff called for in the teacher's book. ...
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June 29, 2008
- Already our son-in-law's corn crop is high as an elephant's eye, and the corn beside the south end of our lane will be that tall by Friday. Summer is definitely busting out all over, and everything is beautiful in Southern Illinois. Hearing someone from across the ocean explain tonight that in Jordan the no-rain season there leaves the summer color scheme dark brown, light brown, and sandy ...
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June 26, 2008
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008Spending a day at home is one of my favorite ways to spend a day. I came close to doing that today. I wasn’t positive when I got up (very late) if I would need to visit my daughter in town or not, but I thought I probably would not be needed in any way since she had a doctor’s appointment followed up by an afternoon of planned activity. So I hurriedly dressed in the ...
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June 16, 2008
- From AmazonConnect blog on June 15, 2008:After a supper of bratwursts, which our son-in-law Brian cooked on the grill he brought over from their camper up at Wayside Farm, along with the two new family movie rentals he brought at the kids’ requests, four of the grandkids who happened to be here (Trent, Brianna, Cecelie, and Sam) worked long and late making Father’s Day cards for their ...
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