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Our first day of school!
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Always so strange to approach the rain, visually...
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Oh my, there's something up ahead, slowing down the country traffic?!? It's a HOUSE!
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I wish she wouldn't wait/rest here as I go out and do yard work, etc...
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Excited to see I have a couple more coming up! Yay!!
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The Naked Ladies are in bloom!
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My naked ladies have stemmed!! I'm so excited because I've had these planted for 4 years and never flowered! Can't wait to smell them!!!
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I have my blackboard ready to go, for now...
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Our classroom garden has some exciting visitors--saw three Goldfinches!
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Could no longer handle looking way older than I really am...
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From my daughter at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City tonight!
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Second time I've seen a goldfinch (Iowa's state bird) eating from my sunflowers--this time I got a pic! ...thought they only ate thistle seed?!
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Getting the hang of my little Ozzy (Ozobot)!
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Sister's flowers... dropped my nephew off yesterday, up in Minnesota. My sister doesn't remember what these are called, but the leaves' scent is supposed to attract butterflies and repel mosquitos! I want some!!
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My niece, Julia, calls it Goose Island.
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Color amongst all the green marshiness...
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Last evening...peaceful and calm at by the cabin
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Cottonwood up close--never seen this "pod-like" version...only seen little puffs floating in the sky!
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Wildflower???
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Turtle crossing...it was still until I got down on the ground for a close-up pic; then it took off, much faster than I ever expected
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Baby birds' nest is attached to our cabin
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Family walk while camping
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Looking at iPad apps and other goodies for my K/1 classroom today...
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Cinder Ella
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Made faux mercury glass ornaments
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Cinder naps here often...
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Crafting at home (restless and creating cards, etc.)
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Full view of our sky--we really need rain!
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We have a storm warning out--don't know what kind these clouds will bring?!
