Last First Day Of School Picture

This was Annie on Wednesday, headed off to school.

Wonder Girl

After a long, hard summer, Annie starts school tomorrow. It will be the first day of her senior year, and it's just like they say - kids grow up so fast! One moment she's a tiny little baby some nurse hands to me at the hospital, so I can carry her swaddled form down the hall for cleanup and first weigh-in. Then, in the blink of an eye, she is seventeen, fiercely intelligent, principled beyond her years, and working three jobs to sock it away for the college expenses that loom just ahead.

Good luck, Annie. I hope you have a wonderful last year of high school.

Unleash The...Frogs!

Lee Ann has been very happy with her pond. It has attracted birds and dragonflies and the deer drink out of it, so it has become a feature of the local natural world. Still, there was something missing - frogs. Every pond should have them, right? The pond has been in place well over a year, and we were sorta hoping frogs might just show up on their own. Finally Lee Ann had to force Mother Nature's hand a bit - she frognapped a couple of likely specimens from a puddle at the barn and we had the release yesterday. Live free, little frogs.