Audrey, the little farm-girl, walks to the chicken coop every morning to collect the wonderful eggs the hens have layed. But as she returns from the gathering of the eggs, she spy’s something in the grass… something right at her feet… Set down your eggs, little lady, and look at it a little closer… Oh, it’s a delicate little mushroom.  Alas for the tan colored ‘shroom it is given only a cursory glance before being cast from the yard.  Now the little farmer girl can continue on her way… glancing hither and yon for more curiosities… The cure for boredom is curiosity.  There is no cure for curiosity.  ~Dorothy Parker

Monsoons are starting to hit Arizona.  I hear some thunder occasionally, the sky is overcast and there’s a cool breeze gently wafting over me as I type this post.  It’s lovely.  It has been quite hot here but not near as scorching as in Phoenix.  Just this past Friday, Phoenix was 117° but thankfully we don’t live in Phoenix.  We were actually 50° cooler than Phoenix where we live. We left our home Friday just when things were finally starting to cool down because of the monsoons, descended the mountain into Phoenix arriving in Tucson where we spent the weekend. Friday night was graduation night for some fellow homeschoolers… I…

While gone to Ohio we had 3 baby kids born. We knew one of the mothers would be having kids but had no clue about the other.  All were healthy and are growing quite well.  Two bucklings and one doeling.  One of the bucks, (Charming, we call him) is getting quite frisky.  He runs and jumps in the air and just yesterday I saw him butting his head with the Boer doeling that was  born in May. This is Charming our 100% Nubian buckling. Charming has a twin which we named Bernard.  Bernard is strong but Charming is the bigger one of the two.  If you’re wondering if all our goats are named, they’re not. Not…

We’re home safe and sound after traveling 4200 miles to Ohio and back.  What a wonderful time we had;  I could have stayed gone longer.  The church camp services were wonderful and of course, seeing old friends is always a treat. Notice the big smiles.  This is the BEFORE picture – the afternoon we left Arizona and headed for Ohio.  We drove 24 hours and then got a hotel room the next night. Camp was a time for cousins to be reunited… There were so many activities that the kids could be involved in. Chess & checker games… These girls are from the Ukraine and they were playing checkers the Ukrainian way…

We’re off to Ohio for a youth camp.  We’re looking forward to seeing old friends, meeting some new ones and having a wonderful time in the Lord! Last year’s chronicles of our time on the road and at camp can be found at: Trip to Ohio Had a Few Hitches (we will not be taking the little brown truck with us this year!) Somewhere Between Oklahoma & Ohio The Final Post on our Ohio Trip – Camp Activities I hope you enjoy! 🙂