Earlier this week, I went for a walk along along Baslow Edge, Birchen Edge and Gardom Edge, following the interface between the gritstone ridges and moorland. It is beautiful country.
I parked just up the hill from Curbar village and soon found myself on Baslow Edge where there was an amazing view of Curbar Edge and [...]
We had a party to celebrate Sage’s birthday last weekend. She invited some of friends from school.
The kids painted pots and planted “kinderplants” for the local nursery.
An unusual amount of music was played during the party. An impromptu orchestra formed, rehearsing a spontaneous composition.
There was also some game playing.
And until the rain sent everyone back [...]
I got some nice birthday cards today!
I also got nice cards from the Perry’s and lots of good wishes from friends at facebook. Thanks, everyone!
We went to River’s school concert tonight. She played a duet she’s been working on with her friend Grace.
At the End of the Rainbow
She recently joined the strings ensemble. They played this piece:
Olga Square Dance
Finally, River is also in the choir and they sang a few songs as well.
Simple Melody by Irving Berlin
and
To the [...]
We’ve had a pretty good run on nice weather recently and it was a beautiful, sunny day again today. We spent a good portion of our time gardening: cleaning out beds from last year and planting some new flowers.
First, we took a trip down the street to the nursery. River’s friend Alex came along for [...]
