Work in Progress

WORK IN PROGRESS

 

I’m making a Daisy afghan. 
You crochet 9 rows of 12 daisies and then crochet them together and
crochet lace around the outside.

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daisy

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chain

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The tall flowers in the back are Alstrolomerias.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  They are a lilly.  In Utah I bought myself fresh flowers every payday.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  I really enjoy having fresh flowers and
these lilies last for almost 2 weeks. 
This vase also has some carnations, which I love too.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  I keep the card on my reading table.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Bo brought a mushy card home one night when
I wasn’t feeling well.  I’m almost ready
to plant my flower garden.  Then I will
have my own flowers to cut and put around the house.

 

Bo finished the fence around the front yard.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Now he needs to weld a gate and fill a few
gaps and we well have encapsulated the yard. 
We just need to move some scrap piles and I can plant my flowers and
we’ll plant grass.  Boy, will it be nice
to have grass, then I won’t have so much dust and dirt in the house.

 

We need to finish clearing out the garden and then we can
plant.  We still have to decide where to
put the corn patch.

Icon Art

Ben’s
Icon Art

Icon Art has very strict,
formal rules. Artists used to pray and
fast before painting Icon Art. Good
Icon Art would cause a spiritual experience for the viewer back in its day (900
A.D. – 1400 A.D.) The figures were
supposed to look otherworldly, be flat & two-dimensional; eyes are dark
& shaded; noses long and slender.
Brows are arched; faces are heart-shaped with tiny, well-shaped mouths
and long slender hands & fingers.
They used a lot of gold leaf and jewel-encrusted frames. Icon Art was found in Eastern churches in
place of statues.

Cheryl’s
Icon Art

Battle of the Books

2008
Battle of the Books

Benjaman
competed in the Battle of the Books at Onate High School in Las Cruces this
past weekend. He had to read at least
10 of 20 books (he read 16). He was
placed on a team with kids from other schools and libraries. They were then asked questions about the
books and had to answer with the correct book title and author. Benjaman’s team tied 1 round and lost the
other 3, but he had a great time. He’s
already planning for next year’s Battle!

It
was nice for us to get out of town and see friends we hadn’t seen in
years. We were all surprised at how
much the kids had grown! Bo picked up a
truck from one of our friend’s to drive back and forth to work. His diesel was killing us in gas!

Our
Rhode Island Red chicken was found dead in the horse pen when we got home. She must have gotten trampled by the
horses. We buried her under the willow
tree where she liked to wallow with the other chickens.

Opening day

Oops, it's been awhile since I posted! We have such an insane schedule! We have lessons all morning then activities in the afternoon and evening. We only have 2 afternoons a week that we can stay home, but have sports every evening, either Jiu Jitsu or baseball.

Saturday was opening day for Ben's baseball league. Ben's team is all new to the majors division, but they played last year's major division champs. They only lost by 5. They played a really good game. Ben played 2 innings and made a good play, he plays left field. Ben got hit in warm-ups on the eyebrow and his head swelled up, then not too long after that he got hit in the cheek on the other side, not as hard though. He's okay and he watched the ball much better after that!

April storm

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Yes, that’s snow on those
mountains.  We had a good old fashioned
New Mexico storm yesterday.  It was
cloudy and windy and depending on where you were you saw blowing sand, rain or
snow.  Sometimes you even saw a
combination.  We saw muddy droplets in
the morning.  The wind was blowing the
dirt around and then it only rained enough to moisten the dirt and blow it onto
my windshield!  It rained in the
evening.  It was so nice to get some
moisture; we haven’t had any since the end of January or beginning of
February.  We are already under fire
restrictions.

Altamira Cave Art

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Here is a picture of Ben’s
Cave Art.  We studied href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamira_(cave)">Altamira Cave Art in
Art Appreciation this week.  The cave
paintings of Altamira are located in Northern Spain and are thought to be
between 10,000 and 20,000 years old. 
They are known as the “Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic Art.”style="mso-spacerun: yes">  They are thought to be of the href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalenean">Magdalenian culture.