Hi!  It is almost Wednesday, and I can scarcely believe it.  We have been rushing about, getting our County Fair entries done---this is the first year we have entered anything!  So we are very excited.  I will tell you more about them later.

We are LOVING the effects of all this rain we have had, but we have been stuck indoors quite a bit.  It has been really coming down!  My flowers are going nuts, and the tomatoes are as tall as I am!  I will take photos of those soon!

My son has been learning watercolor, and has a nice one posted on his blog.  But I am helping to learn to "layer" his work, with washes and such.  Here is a great tutorial that I found online:  Right here.  (This is a whole page of links, and the cat tutorial is about 2/3 way down.  Just look for it, you will find it this time!  Sorry my link didn't work at first.)

I have always loved to paint cats, and so this one really spoke to me.  My son is working on a neat landscape.  I can't wait to see the finished product!

Next, my music loving gals are doing well with their piano, but one wants to learn violin now.  If anyone has an inexpensive violin for sale, please let me know!  I just found this site today, that has free piano theory lessons PLUS free downloads of music!  (You can only get three free ones per day though.)  It is awesome!  I downloaded "Scotland the Brave" and "Hava Nagila" (I think that is how it is spelled!)

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I am really glad everything has been resolved, about the blog thefts.  At least they deleted our posts.  I really wish they would have come forward and said something, but that is the nature of this beast.  Too much secretive behaviour and I think it's terribly wrong.  I am not saying we should "reveal all" online.  But to be able to anonymously create a website, take property that isn't yours and make money on it, that is wrong.  It's hard to track......but not impossible.  I think we had a lot of help on our side, and between all of us we were able to show them that we were serious about it.  Enough said.  I guess I might have to re-publish my RSS feed now. 

So, lets see......oh, How Could I Forget This?  LOL  I just got my support group sample copies of The Summer 06 5th Year Anniversary of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine!!!!

It is totally beautiful, and I can't wait to read it.  What a treat.  I am so blessed to be published in it, and as usual, it is a terrific product.  God is Good to us!  Keep the Publishers of this neat magazine in your prayers ok?

You all have a great week, ok?  And don't forget to stop by the HSB Front Porch on Thursday and say hello........and lets see....there is another contest over at TEACH Magazine's blog---my dear friend Lorrie. 

©Nancy K. Baetz

Homeschooling Is Life !

2006