The end of the school year gets especially hectic for those of us who are teachers, and to be honest, our brains are pretty well fried by now. If you're a middle school teacher, you can double the mental crispiness, and if you're an 8th-grade teacher, you can double that again, and if you're an 8th-grade teacher of kids with learning and behavioral disorders, well, you get the picture.
Some other "other stuff" I've been doing includes...
... working in my flower gardens,
... helping to build a new deck,
and, of course, going out to our home-away-from-home in the country, which we did yesterday.
Still working on the log cabin...
There's been a huge amount of rain in Lewis County, and the Kinneyconnick has surged far over its banks, haphazardly rearranging the surrounding landscape.
For instance, our little rock beach, which you can see on the right side of this photo, is now gone...
... having been replaced by a big pile of sticks.
Parts of the island have been scoured clean of vegetation...
Parts of the island have been scoured clean of vegetation...
... while massive mountains of flotsam and jetsam have been deposited here and there. (What's the difference between flotsam and jetsam, anyway?)
Luckily, we left just in time to catch...
Welcome back! I, and other bloggers understand. Love your log cabin- looks so cozy.
ReplyDeletewell... you have been busy!!
ReplyDeleteYou've been a busy girl!! I've also been a little out of the loop!! Love your home away from home.... it's awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteLike Don and Manon I am smiling just to gaze upon your littl cabin...it's sooooo sweet!!!
ReplyDeleteNow there's an artist... whose name I won't recall... who makes the most exceptional wall pieces from 'flotsom and jetsom' using driftwood chunks to create elaborate patterns.
Hope that your next few weeks provide some 'unfry' time to unwind.
Thanks, everyone, for being so understanding. I am currently learning to "unfry" as best I can!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a tornado of sorts visited your little Oz island. Similar to you, I find I have a few sticks to pick up (and blogs to catch up on) after being away on a business trip to Austin this past week.
ReplyDeleteI'm still amazed at what you accomplish creatively while vigorously juggling animate and inanimate objects. I'm hoping you get to spend all the time you'd like soon with your art, to all our benefit.