Sunshine From Saturday

This past Saturday was so beautiful!

The little girls had a tea party in the living room with Jemima and Mrs. Tiggywinkle.

Mim loves her "Tiggy."

We all have been adjusting to life without Miss Posy, who left on Thursday to attend a wedding in New York with her grandparents. They got to pay a visit to the St. Lawrence Seaway on Sunday, and stopped at Niagara Falls today on their way home. We'll see her late tonight. When I spoke to her last she told me how she has been taking lots of pictures (we sent her with an old camera) and writing in her journal.

 Her first real adventure, away from Mom and Dad. 

So exciting. :)

I bought these two gorgeous orchids at aldi for just 7.99 a piece.

I wasn't going to, at first, but Miss Posy talked me into it, and I am so glad I did.

They look so beautiful up on the mantel.

I moved my other one by my kitchen sink, so he could get some extra tlc, and he really seems to like it there, as evidenced by those two tiny new leaves! I've had him about four years now and was afraid I might be losing him!

I brought in a few plants from my pots outside, to winter-over indoors....

~we had our first frost last week!

We got a new rug to put in front of the piano, and put some hooks on the wall for the boys' brass.

I think I forgot to tell you, that Big Brother has a bugle now, as well as his cornet. The priest who ran the boy's camp that he attended, awarded it to him during the closing ceremonies for having played taps on his cornet every evening. Father said he had bought it at Gettysburg years ago ( I'm thinking possibly even before he was a priest) and always wanted to learn to play it. Said he'd been waiting for the right boy to pass it on to. Of course this meant the world to Big Brother, especially since he happens to idolize this particular priest. The plan is to play taps on the bugle each night at camp next year.

Well, there you have it. Just little bits of this and that.

Til next time, then.