Behind the Garden Walls
Apr. 22, 2008
Springtime.
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We have a Venus Fly Trap that I bought at the grocery store. We touched it with a toothpick to watch it close. We watched an insect land on it, and nothing happened. We saw a halo of light around the moon, a wide strange halo. I got the children out of bed and we looked up at it. We planted lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers, and we watch them come up. We have picnics on our sandy lawn, and the children bring out blankets to drape over the swing set and turn it into a house. The babies discovered the out-of-doors. They like it. Very much. They escape out the door whenever possible. Jonathan can climb to the top of the slide. He toddles over to a lamb's ear plant and touches it. Charity twists the swing around and around since she is too small to swing in it. I try to decide on the best place for the garden. Slowly we get back into reading aloud. The pile of school books that we have not read dwindles. It is time to order more workbooks. We go to the park and play with friends. The children wade on the sandy edge of the lake. Jonathan sits down in the water. Looks surprised, then does it again. When we leave he is encrusted with sand. We saw violets today. |
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