Today is a new day. It does no good to dwell on
The coffee's on, laundry is going, the sun is shining. My plants look fabulously happy after last night's THUNDERSTORM and I definitely don't need to water them this morning. (I love it when I don't have to pay for the water for them) I think I'll give myself a mani-pedi today so I feel like a million bucks when I go back to work tomorrow.
In my classroom, we are starting on our apple project tomorrow. It will probably last three weeks, or until my little friends lose interest. This is one of my favorite projects that I do in my classroom because the kids are learning the kinds of things we are going to do this year, and you would absolutely be shocked at how interested they are in something they are all familiar with. We do lots of experiments, write about our observations (either by drawing pictures or dictation, or both), practice writing and reading apple vocabulary words from cards with pictures and words, count various things, add (how many red apples, how many yellow apples, how many all together), sort, weigh, measure, compare (apple seeds to other seeds, apples to apples), ask questions and research the answers, make charts, taste, cook, bring apple things from home, and generally do all things APPLE. Really looking forward to it.
I think I'll make some seed envelopes today--I watched a YouTube video on how to make them out of post-its, and I think we all know that office supplies are one of the great loves of my life, so this is a perfect fit. They are tiny and cute, and I'd like to trade some seeds at some point.
I've been looking at my chicken quilt blocks (from a LONG time ago). Realistically, I am probably never going to finish the rest of those blocks (pictured below), but maybe I can make the ones I have work.
These blocks are hand appliqued--meaning that every piece is individually cut out and the edges turned under a tiny bit and stitched by hand. I don't have that kind of time any more, so that probably isn't going to happen for the remainder of the blocks. So I'm thinking about how I can use the blocks I have--maybe adding a border with some flowered vines around it. I can't see how I'm going to avoid doing at least one more block though. Love those chickens! And I will hand quilt the finished product, of course. I've been thinking a lot about how I need a project to work on. I don't watch much tv, but having something to work on when I do watch makes me feel like I'm not wasting time.
On a side note, I know I'm not a very good photographer, and I'm slowly learning more about how to use my camera properly, so sorry for the non-photo shopped pictures. When I look at other blogs, the photography takes my breath away sometimes, but this one isn't really about the photos, they just help to tell the story.
I'm finding it very exciting and funny that my blog is getting so many visits these days. When I opened it up to the world, I had some reservations--it's very difficult knowing that all your stuff is out there to be judged and read by whoever, or worse, by nobody. In the past some of my personal stuff has been misused by others, but I figure that's their own karma, not mine. But it's been very pleasant to see how many visits I've had. So thanks to all of you who are visiting and reading what I have to say--I really appreciate it. And if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to comment, I welcome feedback as well.
I have a huge pile of library books on the subject of gardening, compost, etc. waiting for me so I think I'll do a little reading out in the sun this morning before officially getting my day going. An extra day off is a lovely thing.
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