Where has September gone? I didn't recognize the passing with many photos. We've had hot days and cold ones. In one week we had the furnace on and a couple days later the air conditioner. We've had on which the sun rose and set red because of the haze from western wild fires.
These last three glorious days are the epitome of fall. Clear blue skies with yellowing ash trees in the afternoons. Crisp, starry early mornings, followed by the yellow and red before the sun's appearance. Perfect days, with just the right temperature to enjoy a sweater in the morning, and a little breeze in the afternoon to stir up a few leaves to fall.
We started the month with a visit from Lynette and Anthony who visited on the way to a wedding. Lynette requested potato bowls (chicken nuggets, corn, cheese and gravy over mashed potatoes) for our family dinner and offered to make the chicken nuggets. That was a good deal.
All I was responsible for was buying the boneless chicken thighs....
And the rest of the dinner.
I like summer time meals, because then we took ourselves outside to watch the fire, burn marshmallow, (those that enjoy that sort of thing) and eat the mermaid ice cream that I forgot to take to Barry and Christian's birthday celebration. It's one of those no churn recipes with sweetened condensed milk and cream and I found it too "coating the inside of my mouth", to enjoy it. Barry and Christian loved it. I used three colors and blopped it in the pan randomly to make sort of a tie-dye effect.
Raspberry Trifle
Outside with family
The end result of a game of Five Crowns. We all contributed to the doodle.
Jim is on the roof again.
Miss P
I do enjoy watching the boys in their activities. More so than when it was my own kids. I wonder if it is because I know it's important to be in their lives, or if it's because I don't have to get them home, bathed and bedded after all the excitement.
Anyway...
I happened to be watching Barry closely near the end of his game when the other team was very close to the end zone. During the play, I could see Barry's face and on it I could see the purpose on his face to get the ball carrier's flag as he angled toward him, running at full speed. He would have got the flag, but he tripped and fell. Yet, he slowed the runner just enough that another boys could grab the flag. What I like best about these games is watching them learn to work as a team; that to assist is just as good as to score.
