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| More beans from Flora's bean plant Flora hat mehr Bohnen von ihrer Bohnenpflanze geerntet. |
Peter removed some dandelion that was growing in our gutters.
Peter hat einige Löwenzahnpflanzen entfernt, die in unserer Regenrinne wuchsen.
Visiting the neighbor to rake her leaves.
Die Mädchen gehen zur Nachbarin, um da Blätter zu harken.
Diese Woche machen wir eine Woche Herbstferien. Eigentlich hatte ich für nächste Woche eine Woche Ferien geplant, aber weil Jonathan und Charlotte am Donnerstag nach Hause kommen, machen wir diese Woche Ferien und widmen uns ein paar Projekten im Haus, Garten und der Umgebung. Heute habe ich ein Bücherregal abgeräumt, sortiert, geputzt und wieder eingeräumt. Die Mädchen haben für eine ältere Dame schräg gegenüber Blätter geharkt. Eigentlich hätten sie Kunstunterricht haben sollen, aber die Lehrerin hat kurzfristig abgesagt, weil ihr Enkel mit einer Gehirnerschütterung ins Krankenhaus mußte. Ich habe meine Deutschstudentin unterrichtet (unser College hat erst nächste Woche ein paar Tage Herbstferien). Miriam wird morgen bei einer Professorenfamilie putzen und nachmittags gibt es Ballett. Es sind also nicht wirklich Ferien, sondern wir machen nur eine andere Art von Arbeit.
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Your lovely card arrived yesterday it was just the thing - it was our wedding anniversary but we were having a difficult day with additional worries and it cheered me up no end ❤️
ReplyDeleteGreat timing: Happy Anniversary! How many years? I am so sorry that things have not been going well, sending you strength and love!
DeleteGood work on the bookshelf, and it's nice that the girls can help your neighbor with her leaves. Flora's beans have been growing well!
ReplyDeleteDandelions will grow anywhere!
Thank you, I finished a second one yesterday and today I have been working and sneezing in the room Flora sleeps in. She got the new bed, but the rest is just a mess and so dusty! I took down the children's table and chairs (very sad) and now we are sorting through Flora's treasures. She cannot throw anything away and it looks like an antique store up there (and a library with "old" documents). We are both sneezing like crazy, but it needs to get done.
DeleteThe beans did very well, but the carrots not at all. Those dandelions must have loved our gutters: We found three plants at different spots. Now Peter has to climb the roof and clean them out. There are too many leaves up there.
That's interesting that the carrots did not do well. I wonder if it had something to do with the soil or with the amount of rain .. or sunshine?
DeleteIt's not easy sorting through one's treasures! It's not easy throwing things away, but we can't keep everything . . just like the kittens. They are all so cute but I can't keep them all! Congrats on the sorting again, and for taking down the children's table and chairs. I remember taking ours down too!
P.S. My nephews do my brother-in-law's gutters now. They have many large trees and so get a lot of leaves also.
DeleteFlora thought that she watered them too much and then let them dry out too much, but I am not sure if that was the reason.
DeleteYes, sorting through all those treasures was hard for Flora, but she threw away a lot of "written" stories. The main reason for that purging was the fact that she had no idea what she was trying to say. All those stories have so many spelling errors that is hard to know what they say. Her spelling skills have so much improved that she does not remember what she was trying to say. She also got rid of many pictures she drew (they are more drawings of pretty women) and also of dog pictures she printed out. The room looks so much better, but I still have the closets there to tackle.
It was sad to take down the small table and chairs, but they are really too small now. We still have all the dolls' things out because she still plays with them.
I think I need to hire your nephews because Peter has so little time.
33 years 🙂. Ben applied for a job at the local timber merchant, he had an interview but didn’t get the position due to lack of experience. However they said his name would be kept on file as he interviewed well. Not only was it his first ever interview but his pump had failed the night before and we had to switch to insulin pens and blood sugars were all over the place! Sending love to you too and I’m really hoping and 🙏 we actually get to meet up! Any idea where you’ll be staying - north or south of the river? Xx
ReplyDeleteWow! Congratulations again! That is so great and you have been through so much together. I am sorry about Ben not getting the job. Is he looking for a different one now? Too bad the pump failed, what a nuisance. When will you get a new one. Unfortunately, we will be south of the river again. It is so hard to find a place large enough for a family of five. We wanted something with two bathrooms and that is even harder to find for such a short time.
DeleteIhr seid ganz schön fleissig. Ich muss die Bücherregale auch regelmässig wieder ordentlich haben sonst fühl ich mich irgendwie unwohl
ReplyDeleteJa, wir putzen und niesen und putzen und niesen. Diese beiden Regale im Schlafzimmer (gestern habe ich das andere gemacht) werden immer vernachlässigt und so habe ich sie wohl seit 2 Jahren (!) nicht geputzt. So ein Staub war da! Heute habe ich mich dem Kinderzimmer gewidmet, wo Flora schläft, aber wir sind gar nicht fertig geworden. Morgen kommen Bauarbeiter ins Haus, um die Garage ein wenig zu stabilisieren. Sie sollten erst im November kommen, aber jetzt kommen sie morgen. Das wird ganz schön verrückt werden: Peter will Jonathan und Charlotte abholen, aber muß vorher noch unterrichten, dann kommen die Bauarbeiter, ich muß meine Studentin unterrichten und die Mädchen haben Ballet, doch muß sie eine andere Familie mitnehmen, die aber früher fahren muß, weil ihre Töchter andere Klassen als unsere machen. Nun ja, irgendwie wird das wohl gehen.
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