Friday, March 30, 2018

March 30, 2018

Zadok has been an avid "reader" since before he could walk...


Now with the riches of multiple libraries now available to us, choosing new stories is a highlight of every week. Of course books along the lines of "Old truck, new truck, red truck, blue truck,"
abound--read ad infinitum, ad nausem to delight the souls of little boys. But we've also collected quite a list that Mother and Zadok equally enjoy. So, in no particular order, here's some of our favorites from the past year that you can look for in your own libraries.

Gus's Garage by Leo Timmers

Billions of Bricks: A Counting Book about Building by Kurt Cyrus

Joseph's Big Ride by Terry Farish

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Poor Doreen: A Fishy Tale by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Hey Diddle Diddle by Eve Bunting

Whose Shoe? by Eve Bunting

My Father Knows the Names of Things by Jane Yolen

Stone Soup retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown

The Princess and the Pea retold and illustrated by Rachel Isadora

The Fisherman's Wife retold and illustrated by Rachel Isadora

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel

Tap Tap, Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemel

Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin

Thumbtack Dancer by Leslie Tryon


Saturday, March 24, 2018

March 25, 2018



All packed up and ready to move...


Qorban revels in the chaos...


The sun-starved nasturtium seedlings are hoping for better light in their new home...


Qorban does a tour of inspection at 4721 Hummel...


 Zadok insures that we don't forget the milk...



...and the kitchen and bedrooms are finally set up. We can all breathe a sigh of relief, and sit down.

Monday, March 12, 2018

March 11, 2018

I've been looking forward to making "Oobleck" with Zadok since he was born, and on a recent chilly, rainy afternoon the time seemed right. Fun was had by all.




However, the foods coloring used was very potent, or perhaps I put too much in. Our hands were blue for days afterward.


On another note, the tropical plant of unknown pedigree that I rescued from a soggy death at ALDI has been positively identified. It is a Ti plant, also known as a Good Luck Plant. Whether or not it will enjoy life with us remains to be seen.


Thursday, March 8, 2018

Thursday, March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018


Qorban is seven months old...actually he was last week. How time does fly! And our days in Hickory Trace, our first American home, are numbered. March 17 is our tentative moving date. We'll all be wearing green as we stack boxes and wrestle our furniture into submission.