Odds and Ends

We've been busy with the start of school and with the garden. Usually the garden is pretty much all done by the start of school and I have to do is process applesauce and pumpkins. But this summer was so cool that the tomatoes are finally ripening now.

They are nice tomatoes and hardly have any black spots but they are taking forever to ripen.

In our spare time, we've been playing some Lego Star Wars.

Deborah's sunflowers finally bloomed (even after being trampled by chickens when the plants were very small).

The boys are taking an archery class this fall. After I drop off the boys, then Deb and I head home for a sewing lesson. Here is her first day of lessons.

On her second lesson, she finished her "needle book". She's working on a fancy blanket for Kirsten now. It is made of gray felt and Deb is sewing on lace and eventually little pearl beads.