"I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and world all to myself. "

Full Moon, Sept. 23, 2010

"The best works of art are the expression..."

Had some fun with face paint today. Certainly, I didn't create art, but the looks on their painted faces, and the giggles emitted while I tried to decorate my two slippery fish were art of the most exquisite type.

My skill needs some serious improvement before I start hocking my skills at the local fairs, so maybe next time I'll use more than disintegrating Q-tips and my fingers as paint tools. Nevertheless, they were pretty enamored of their new looks for the day...

"The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening."

We've been participating in a garden co-op. We weed and tend to a large community garden weekly, and the Mister is the "Water Man," a fancy title which means he's the boss of making sure the sprinklers get turned on.

Even though eastern Idaho has one of the shortest growing seasons in the nation, we are beginning to see the fruits of our labors. There is nothing more wonderful than pulling food, real food, out of the earth--sharing that experience with my children and teaching them what the ground beneath our feet begets.

{As in all things, her patience is lacking in the garden too...}

{I love that Squirrel must wear cowboy boots to the garden...}

{Ah, this boy...my Little Bird, free in the garden...}

Fall in the air...

A walk through the University gardens reveals the details that create the start of fall:

"But already a change is taking place..."

The trees felt it, and started donning their autumn fashions before we did....

....but now, just days later, the chill of fall is most certainly in the air.

"That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest."