"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle

Thursday, August 16, 2012

July was a blur, August is a little clearer

Due to my surgeries (late June, early July) July was a foggy fatigue induced blur, but due to the help of my lovely daughters, friends and family we are doing pretty well. The girls activities were many this summer,

Tuki:
home school summer school
2 months of softball
Youth in College
Camp Invention
One month of swimming lessons
Ve:
home school summer school
2 months of softball
Camp Invention
one month of swimming lessons
Mim;
home school summer school
2 months of softball
One month swimming lessons
babysitting and lawn cutting jobs for the neighbors

Since August we have attended a Victoria Justice Concert, camping nearby the last few days and maybe visit a local large zoo next week. We have been taking weekly visits to my doctors for check-ups thus we have been trying to make each visit a little fun too.

 Victoria Justice concert
 Her opening act was Max Schneider from the movie "Rags"
 The happy girls (we attended one of the few days it actually rained this summer)...go figure :)
 Tomatoes galore, we need to pick just as they are turning red since the chipmunks also love tomatoes. We have been able to keep the deer out, but lost our corn to the raccoons and the cucumbers really had a bad year...all around it seems . Everyone around here says cucumbers didn't fair well, otherwise our garden has been and still is going strong.
 little canning going on every day...I actually am using a pressure cooker this year for the beans..something new for me.
 this is what our counter looks like daily, the chickens never did slow down in egg production....
 the garden...right side of photo is where the cucumbers are still holding on, but no real show
 other parts of the garden...we water two hours nightly due to the drought we are in.
 the wee ones at camp invention
 Ve's  balloon popping invention
Tuki's balloon pumping invention

Posted by Aves @ Call of the Phoebe at 5:52 AM

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