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There are fewer sweltering hot days now. The forecast for this week is in the low seventies to mid sixties. Dark falls earlier each night. School has started, monarchs have migrated and ballet has begun. Summer is dying, autumn is coming.
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It’s that time of the year again. Corn time is very welcome at our house, both by the eaters of corn, and the peelers of corn.
Joseph made himself very useful in peeling corn, as long as we could keep him from eating the corn after he peels it. :)
Joseph is working his best to get the last piece of corn husk off.
Alex loved this new game. He was very concerned that other people were peeling corn to fast and there wouldn’t be enough for him to peel.
Many hands make light work!
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Penelope has almost all of her flight feathers in, and she doesn’t mind using them. She likes to fly to up high places, and I usually have to make her step up onto a broom to get her down.
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In the wintertime, it is freezing cold in the ballet studio. So, when I found a pattern for leg warmers, I got knitting. I have been working on them for a long time, and now they are finished and ready for frigid weather.
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These are crimson belly conures.
White belly caique.
Black headed caique.
This is a sun conure
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Penelope’s flight feathers are in, and she likes to use them. She will fly to places that are up high for a good view, or she will fly to Clover’s cage to play with Clover’s toys and eat Clover’s food. Dad and I thought it would be fun to teach my bird to use her wings on command and fly to me. I am working on this with her, and Penelope is cooperating nicely. She will fly back and forth from Landon or Dad to me and back again. It is fun to train her to do tricks, and I am sure she benefits from the exercise. This picture is the closest Mom could get to Penelope in the air.
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It was dark outside because it was late at night. The little kids had left their bikes outside, so Landon and I went to put them away. When we were almost finished, I noticed something moving in the neighbors yard a few houses down the street.. I thought at first it was a cat, then I noticed the black and white stripes, bushy tail, and unmistakable waddling walk. I knew it was a skunk. I ran inside to get Mom and Dad to come see, on my way in telling Landon that I saw a skunk. Landon was scared out of his skin, and he ran in faster than me to get away from the skunk. When we got back with Mom and Dad, the skunk was nowhere to be seen. It probably wanted to get out of the open and headed for some bushes. Having seen one skunk in the neighborhood, I wonder how many other skunks patrol the streets at night.
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Every once in a while, I feel like drawing a picture. Usually I draw birds, since that is the only thing I can draw without making myself cringe. Penelope was my model for this picture, but it was hard to get her to stand still long enough for me to get a good look at her. This was the result of my artistic craving:
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DONE!
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I made this for the birthday of a boy I babysit. He was very pleased
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I have been having some trouble with getting pictures off my camera. Now it started working again, so I am making up for lost posts.
I a got a job letting the neighbor’s dog out of its kennel for a few days.
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Happy Birthday America!
This Fourth of July, our family went to Dad’s parent’s farm to shoot off fire works. It was a good show, and though I can never capture the brilliance of fireworks, I did get a few good pictures.
Bad picture, cute subject.
We had water balloons to play with. I got completely drenched. Everybody was aiming for our grandpa. Landon eventually got him, but every time I threw a balloon at him, they rolled off his back. I needed to throw harder.
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