Back from the Cape

We decided to stay an extra day at Cape Cod, so we just got back a few hours ago. It was such a great trip! Very relaxing and fun. And lots of pics. I'll start posting them tomorrow, but before a great vaca comes a long car ride... 9 hours in the car...

Iced coffee...

And a camera=this.

Painting of an Amaryllis

White Trillium

found in our woods last month

A Sonnet

The day is done and all the world asleep
When darkness ventures out to rule the night,
He watches over all who mourn and weep,
He hides their tears and keeps them out of sight.
Blackness serves as the home in which he keeps,
Shadows are the doorways to where he lurks,
Over all the earth he crawls and he creeps,
Bringing respite to man and honest works.
Yet even though he reigns he is not free;
His time is nearing and he cannot rest,
His rule is short and at dawn he must flee
Away from light and into the far West.
The sun dispels the night and brings the day
And chases gloom and darkness far away.

Today I did school, cleaned the house, mowed the lawn, watered the garden, did chores, packed, and a bunch of other little things all in preparation for...VACATION!!! We're heading out to Cape Cod tomorrow for the week, I'm so excited! I should have a bunch of pictures when I return...

(I'll have some scheduled posts during the week)

Across the Road

The people across the road from us lent out their field to a stables so now we have (I think) 12 horses to gaze at. That is if we want to walk all the way down our driveway, which is what Anna and I did today.

They were all in a bunch, so it was kind of hard to tell how many there were and we kept on coming up with different numbers, but I'm pretty sure it was either 12 or 13.

There are five foals and they are so cute!

Zoe pics

My neice Zoe is now 5 months old, isn't that crazy? I think it is anyway... :) Here are some recent pics of her: