the boys came running to my bed side on my birthday morning: "mama, mama! look at the wonderful sunrise!" of course i had to get up and have a look out the window. stunning was the morning glory and absolutely worth climbing out of bed early.
-thank you boys!
photos by elias
we have had so far. a few days at my parents and a visit at my brothers farm was all we did and really needed to do last week.
the days were full of warmth and sunshine, lots of gathering took place.
like
frederick the mouse, that sums it just about up. we did help clean up the corn field at the farm and that was fun. though mostly, at least for me, it was collecting colour and warmth, sunbeams and and the last of autumns bounty.
yes i'm glad we got to work on the field that one afternoon. lot's of memories coming up, being reminded of all the autumns in my childhood, having to be out there each and every day during october vacation. lot's of apples to be picked up, many hours we spent cleaning beets for the animals, pulling them out of the soil, scrubbing and cutting the leafs off. the many mounds we put up during the day we had to collect in the evenings, sometimes after dusk. o yes those moments stick with me and i smell that moist soil, the sweet of the beets and hear the voices of so many people helping to get the days work done.
grandparents, parents, all the helping kids, cousins and friends the apprentice it was often a big hubub...
and so my kids, could have a little bit of that laboring together and enjoying the fun of riding home from the field in a trailer pulled by the tractor. of course being tired and happy
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