Rainy day activity

The forecast calls for snow this evening and then tomorrow evening the low is 11 degrees. At the moment it is pouring.

These afternoons call for tea and muffins and some sort of fun activity, in the kitchen usually. Here is our most recent one.


Much of the popcorn and dried apples were consumed by the younger crowd. Sahara decided her garland was to be hung from the pear tree branches as a gift for the birds.

Youngest

Three today. Thirteen tomorrow. At least that is how it feels at times.

I don't have a baby anymore. I guess I haven't had one for a while but three feels so much older than two. She's become remarkably precocious, defiant, confident these past few weeks, in a way that Sahara never was. I wonder how much of it is a result of having an older sibling.

Lydia loves cooking, dogs, Little House on the Prairie picture books, her sister, running and yelling and jumping and so much more. She gave up on naps quite a while ago. She eats spicy food and drinks kombucha.

Watch out world here she comes!

Eldest

She participates in an after school program named "Coyote Kids" once a week that takes her and some classmates out and up and all around. When I picked her up from her last session she insisted on taking me to the woods that she had explored earlier in the day. It was a nearby area in town that I had never traversed before.
The light in so sharp these days. It highlights and contrasts in remarkable ways. I wish I knew how to manipulate photos in a way that is worthy of this shot. Any suggestions?

A hunting we will go

This weekend we went mushroom hunting with friends. It is quite early to find them around these parts, but we've had an odd summer, and there have been rumours of chanterelles.


Our efforts were not wasted!


Sahara was an enthusiastic treasure hunter.


The weather could not have been better. They were so easy to clean, and when we cooked them up there wasn't too much water in them. We had them on pizza last night. Yum!

We will definitely be going out again.