Last weekend

Just a very brief update so Lola knows what’s happening. The soccer game: the boys lost again. However, the number of goals that they lose by has been shrinking noticeably. NM has been strongly commended at each game for doing a great job as goalie (wow I am proud) and even as striker. His confidence [...]

Mr. Valiant Fortruth

The boys and I have been reading through John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress—both parts—in lieu of our post-WWI history studies. So sorry…”The Great War” kind of burned me out for a while. It was senselessly dealt with and that’s all I’ll say about that. History is fascinating but most of the time emotionally draining (watching Sgt. [...]

Town Lake Walk

Really, I had no idea how much I missed walking around Town Lake/Lady Bird Lake. We went yesterday afternoon and walked for several hours. Austin was wearing its Sunday best, the temps and humidity was perfect, the blooming flowers perfumed the air and it was just gorgeous. Just gorgeous! And I had the camera the [...]

Updates

(Seems like they might be needed) The Cardinal Saga It continues! Today, while Mama Bird was away, I saw what I think were three eggs. They’re tiny and speckled. I guess I never thought about what they might look like, but there you are: tiny and speckled, not unlike quail eggs only not as speckle-y. [...]

Berry Syrup

Painfully easy! Simple syrup, even amounts of sugar and water, boiled until sugar dissolves. While that is boiling, take a small bag of frozen berries and pulse them in a food processor until they are very fine bits. Add frozen fruit crumbs to the boiling sugar. Bring back to a boil, lower the temp just [...]

Cardinal Saga Continued

Day Three: Day Four: To come: a video of mom fixing up the nest, taken today. UPDATE: a video of her working on the nest: Untitled from phisch on Vimeo.