Pretend it is Friday. This blog post was supposed to happen Friday, but just as I had the pictures ready to post I did something foolish and made all my September and October pictures go permanently "poof" from my hardrive. I tried some measures to retrieve them, but the files were corrupted by the whole process and I gave up on that route. Just when I was about to sigh and give up entirely, I found nifty software that retrieves files from CF cards--even after deletion. Some files had been overwritten or but many were found.     

Keegan was especially excited. He was looking forward to having a print of  "his" airplanes  for their airplane themed bedroom, and the tiny blog picture just wasn't going to be print-worthy. Fortunately that file was among those retrieved. Happy boy! 

But I digress. Friday I was going to post about our little harvest before the storm. I woke Friday morning and knew snow was on the way. While the girls did school I snagged Keegan and enlisted him as my harvest assistant.  Between our efforts and a major herb gifting from a neighbor, both the barfice (barn/office) and my kitchen windowsill are filled with potted herbs rescued before frost.

My tables and counters are abloom  with roses from pruning, and we've been enjoying fresh herbal tea. I've a whole basket of rosehips to dry too! Fabulous vitamin C to tide us through the winter cold season!

I was right about the snow. We've risen to a skiff of snow the past two mornings.  It is perfect weather for hot tea, cozy sweaters and snuggly read-alouds on the couch. 

Our rosehip harvest:

Kaira, Enjoying mint leaf tea:

Stay tuned for school updates!  We've been plugging along here at Prairiefrog Academy.  Somehow I've just failed to blog our studies.