Nearing the end

of Summer. The mornings have a chill with a bite, the corn has it's tassel on top, the prunes are turning purple, the weeds have reached their height and sent forth seeds, the spring chicks are laying eggs, Tom turkey is looking mighty fine, full hay wagons are going by, the raspberry pickers are shined up and being parked in the barns, the *You Pick* signs are disappearing from fields, The Fair is over.



I think for me the biggest signal that Summer is closing is the tassel on the corn. We watch as the corn goes from a stubble in the field to knee high green, to waist high full thick plants to that wretched tassel springing out the top, it happens so dog gone fast! It always, always coincides with the first foggy morning and evening chill.




Another sign made clear this week - I picked up my Intent to Homeschool Form from the District Office in Lynden. Every homeschooler is required to fill in this form and we do. This year it was re-written and had an extra question or two. On any other form it would be no big deal, but it's just the frog in the pot of boiling water thing, ya know? Their forms are already illegal and ask more questions than state law requires.




Whaddayadoo. I took the form home, I'll re-write it back to the form required by the state and sweetly take it in....again. The lady at the desk will point out to me I need to complete it and we will go around(kindly) about it until she hauls out the RCW from her file cabinet and says "I guess your right". Their fingers do not belong supervising my children's schooling to begin with...not to mention our property taxes alone this year fund the public school system an amount twice our cost to homeschool all 5 of our children...O.k...deep breath. It's all good. Just one of those things that makes me go "uhg".


We are so excited for school to start this year...I must not be pregnant or have a little baby? I am excited, the kids are excited and especially my new kindergartner is VERY excited. I like taking a Dr Seuss book and showing it to my new student then ask them what it says. They look it over and can not read a single word, it is all gibberish. I tell them that in 5 months you will be reading this entire book yourSELF and they get so excited I LOVE that!

Too much writing, not enough pictures. Coming soon.