Is it *really* the last week of October? I miss summer so much already. :/
You know I am having a rough season when I am already counting until December 21, when the days get longer. And we haven't even changed the clocks yet!
How was everyone's weekend? Overall, mine was a mix of busy and not-as-busy. I think I got a few things accomplished and a few things are still floating in the ether.
Forest Bathing was good. I think. I still struggle with my confidence on it. I messed up the intro, but was able to hit some of the main points during the meditation in the forest. A few regulars showed up as well as two women who were on the walk for the first time. I made the tea with the spruce and pine needles and a few sprigs of mint. There weren't a lot of fresh pine needles on the ground, so I took just a few from a tiny tree (I felt bad, it was a baby tree) and added the mint to a little more flavor.
My plans with my friend got rescheduled b/c she and her DH had colds and I have too crazy of a few weeks coming up to take a chance of getting sick. That meant I had time to actually cook dinner and I made the vegan Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes. So much work but soooooo good! And I know that @tanteva Eva will say they aren't authentically Swedish. I guess that makes us even since she puts ketchup on spaghetti and my Italian ancestors are rolling in their graves.
My grandma:
I am steam cleaning the carpets today to get ready for the holidays.
After that, I hope to have enough energy to finish the lesson plan for Friday's field trip. I have one semi-ready to go. One of the parents told me last session that she didn't think she was going to get the minimum number of kids to have it. But looks like she did because I saw the invoice LOL I wrote this plan in September so I need to make sure that everything I wanted to do will be available. Can't press flowers if there aren't any flowers to be found!
Thinking about the seasons, it's the time of year when nature makes me sad. I've been finding some of the yellowjackets that drove me crazy all summer dead on the ground. And late September, we had two monarch chrysalis on the front of the house. One of them turned black within days. The other one stayed green for a long time, and started to turn dark a few days ago. I didn;t think it was going to make it because its been so cold overnight. Yesterday, I noticed the butterfly emerged, starting out very crinkly but alive. A couple of hours later, its wings had opened. I was cautiously hopeful. Before I went to bed, I checked and it was not by the chrysalis. Then I saw it was on the ground right underneath it. It was holding on to the dog lead and still alive so I moved it to the garden and covered it with leaves. I'll check it this morning but I don't think there is any way it made it through the night.
At least I didn't hit the heron that flew in front of my car. Yup, I am making sure there weren;t any squirrels or deer ready to run into the road when a Great Blue Heron crossed my path. I had to slam on my brakes. Said OMG a few times as I watched it fly past. That was cah-RAY-zee!!! You can 100% understand how birds are related to dinosaurs!
Guess it is time to wrap this up.
Love and hugs!
You know I am having a rough season when I am already counting until December 21, when the days get longer. And we haven't even changed the clocks yet!
How was everyone's weekend? Overall, mine was a mix of busy and not-as-busy. I think I got a few things accomplished and a few things are still floating in the ether.
Forest Bathing was good. I think. I still struggle with my confidence on it. I messed up the intro, but was able to hit some of the main points during the meditation in the forest. A few regulars showed up as well as two women who were on the walk for the first time. I made the tea with the spruce and pine needles and a few sprigs of mint. There weren't a lot of fresh pine needles on the ground, so I took just a few from a tiny tree (I felt bad, it was a baby tree) and added the mint to a little more flavor.
My plans with my friend got rescheduled b/c she and her DH had colds and I have too crazy of a few weeks coming up to take a chance of getting sick. That meant I had time to actually cook dinner and I made the vegan Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes. So much work but soooooo good! And I know that @tanteva Eva will say they aren't authentically Swedish. I guess that makes us even since she puts ketchup on spaghetti and my Italian ancestors are rolling in their graves.
My grandma:
I am steam cleaning the carpets today to get ready for the holidays.
After that, I hope to have enough energy to finish the lesson plan for Friday's field trip. I have one semi-ready to go. One of the parents told me last session that she didn't think she was going to get the minimum number of kids to have it. But looks like she did because I saw the invoice LOL I wrote this plan in September so I need to make sure that everything I wanted to do will be available. Can't press flowers if there aren't any flowers to be found!
Thinking about the seasons, it's the time of year when nature makes me sad. I've been finding some of the yellowjackets that drove me crazy all summer dead on the ground. And late September, we had two monarch chrysalis on the front of the house. One of them turned black within days. The other one stayed green for a long time, and started to turn dark a few days ago. I didn;t think it was going to make it because its been so cold overnight. Yesterday, I noticed the butterfly emerged, starting out very crinkly but alive. A couple of hours later, its wings had opened. I was cautiously hopeful. Before I went to bed, I checked and it was not by the chrysalis. Then I saw it was on the ground right underneath it. It was holding on to the dog lead and still alive so I moved it to the garden and covered it with leaves. I'll check it this morning but I don't think there is any way it made it through the night.
At least I didn't hit the heron that flew in front of my car. Yup, I am making sure there weren;t any squirrels or deer ready to run into the road when a Great Blue Heron crossed my path. I had to slam on my brakes. Said OMG a few times as I watched it fly past. That was cah-RAY-zee!!! You can 100% understand how birds are related to dinosaurs!
Guess it is time to wrap this up.
Love and hugs!
That's as good a goal as I can come up with and one I might be able to achieve.
to keep you going.
Eating light ... tapioca pudding then a banana... Not sure what to have for supper.
)
And I don't like the dark. I'm in the 
with me and hope to get a couple of LOs made before for I take my 
and get dressed. Have a couple of errands to run if the tummy stays quiet. 
Know what I will be doing the next few days.
