Down on the Farm

It's been an awfully long time since I posted anything here so I am going to post a bunch of photos from our recent trip to visit our unschooling friends on their farm in Upstate NY.

Apparently 62 degree water is not an obstacle to swimming if you're under 14

Just hangin' out

Aric helps Nathan groom Jenny the donkey

Post-swim gaming!

Kirsten milking her cow, Becky

Joe and Marley meet Rumpus!

Now maybe I can remember to get the camera out on a regular basis again!

Back In Action!

We acquired a new camera a few days before we left on vacation but I haven't managed to get around to posting any photos yet!

Here's a sampling of what we've been up to lately (I'm not even going to try and remember what happened when).

Playing Harry Potter Uno in the tent while waiting for the rain to stop!

We think this is a young plainbelly water snake.
He was slithering along the beach at Awenda Provincial Park

Sunset at Awenda

One Happy Dog!!

Possibly the last teeter-totter left in North America.
We found it on our lunch stop on the way to Awenda.

Noah relaxing in the pool at our friends' house

Nathan reading _Blue Hat, Green Hat_ to Paige
(to whom I am unofficial, if not biological, Auntie)

Noah and I chilling out on the beach at Awenda Provincial Park

Making chocolate chip squares (Karen)

Note: This might be our last post for a while as our digital camera just died!!

Scooter rebuild (Karen)

Yard sale booty! - Yes, that is a brand new copy of Eat*Pray*Love!(Karen)

Once again I am updating several days at once! Scroll down to June 1 if you want to catch up with me :)

First CSA share of the season- YAY! (Karen)

Nathan enjoying an organic nectarine from one of our CSA's partner farms after soccer practice (Karen)

Our house (Noah)

Marley basking on the porch (Nathan)

Boys hangin' on the porch on a glorious warm sunny day! (Karen)

Grampy (Karen's dad) with Tessie dog (Noah)

(As you may have noticed I've fallen off the photo blog wagon a bit! I've updated 3 days at once so scroll down if you want to see them all)

My rhododendrons at the height of their splendor! (Karen)

Joe and Noah work on building a "cat house" for Jessie (Karen)

Nathan drew this for my birthday (Karen)

Our neighbours got a new dryer; Noah and Nathan commandeered the box!

Box Castle (Karen)

Noah snapped this one of Nathan

Lilacs - the smell of heaven :) (Karen)

Bread beginnings (yeast is so cool!) (Karen)

Guitar Jam on Saturday night at the Toronto Unschooling Conference (Karen)

Today we attended a Jays game with Anne O., Nicole P. and their families.

The CN Tower from below (Karen)

Hanging out at the game (Joe)

Noah DSin' on a rainy day :) (Karen)

Noah's new haircut!

Strawberry plants are starting to flower! (Karen)

Spark having a bath (Nathan)

Nathan made this for me today (Karen)

Birthday Boy! (Karen)

Four Generation Family Photo (Nathan)

Jessie sleeping on my mom's pajamas! (Noah)

We enjoyed yummy ethnic treats (samosas and jalaybee) at the Hamilton Farmer's Market for lunch (Karen)

Sky riding Chamelie (Nathan)

The garden springing to life (Karen)

I woke up this morning to the smell of coffee and freshly baked banana-chocolate-chip muffins - made by my sweetie - MMM! (Karen)

These were taken a couple of weeks ago, but Noah and Nathan wanted to share them, and they pretty much sum up the zany mood of the day...

Nathan hamming it up (taken by Noah)

Just goofin' around (taken by Nathan)

Neighbourhood magnolia trees are almost ready to burst open! (Karen)

Playing with my shadow (Nathan)