“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet” – Aristotle Project 365: #111 Another first today, the girls are officially enrolled at their new school. While we already met with the school in April, and have been corresponding since regarding transitions, and keeping the same curriculum, etc, the public schools are strictly…
Day 110: New house!!!
“Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Project 365: #110 Well, today was an exciting day…albeit a long one! We are officially home-owners again! Exciting but scary….so we closed on our house at 12, but the house was not vacated till…
Day 109: Thunderbolts and lightening
“Thunderbolts and lightening…very, very frightening me” Queen Project 365: #109 There is nothing nicer than an awesome thunderstorm after a boiling day! You can’t see clearly in the photo, but it was absolutely pouring with rain after lots of thunder and lightening! After not having experienced many thunderstorms in the last few years, they are…
Day 108: Spooky Brook
“Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Project 365: #108 Not unlike Germany, there are many small lakes and wetlands here….this one is ‘Spooky Brook’! I can…
Day 107: Hot air balloons
“God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas” – Henry Ward Beecher Project 365: #107 This weekend there is a hot air balloon festival in NJ, and while we haven’t had the chance to get there, the…