Back to School

This has been an interesting week!  I went back to school this week.  Although, this time I was a teacher.  Our local community college held a "Kid's College" for local school children.  They had a variety of classes for the children to choose from and they operated it a lot like high school.  The kids picked 4 classes and then moved from class to class...well actually we escorted them to each class.

I taught "The Lost Art of Herbal Medicine" and was so excited to see these young ones display such keen interest.  We made teas, compresses, poultices and even a salve.  They learned about tinctures, how to make herbal capsules and on the last day we even had time to make colloidal silver!  I had a great time, met some wonderful kids and am looking forward to doing this again in July when I'll be teaching soap making to the older kids.  What fun!

Our local college, Walters State Community College, really reaches out to the local school kids.  They staff are great to work with and make the whole thing a pleasant experience.  I always enjoy my time there.

Now it is time to get back to my routine at home.  I've a very busy summer ahead of me.  I've just finished making my strawberry jams - more on that later.  I've been cleaning out, had a terrific yard sale and am now getting ready to list some things on E-bay. We are doing some things in and around our home in addition to garden and farm work.

Simplify, simplify, simplify has been our rallying call.  Less is more...more peace, more time, more fun!

I think our Internet connection problems have been solved - I was told that our modem had been re-setting itself hundreds of times an hour...they thought we might need a new one....do ya think?   This week, except for the thunderstorms which knock everything out, we seem to be staying online.  So, hopefully, I will be back to posting on a regular basis.

I have a list of posts and pictures to get you caught up to what we have been doing around here.  Life is so exciting and so much fun...our Father is amazing and we are so blessed by Him.

For now, we are off to the garden to prepare for Farmer's Market this week.  The boys will be taking green beans, new red potatoes, (perhaps some Yukon gold potatoes too) and salad greens (and reds, and freckled!) and maybe a few squash or zucchini,  along with farm fresh eggs!  They are learning about marketing, presentation, finances and more and having a ball while they are getting a wonderful business education.

Blessings,