Around the house in Sept

More "nerd" grapes. At least that's what I call them They're about the size of nerds and when you bite into them you get the crunchy seed which makes them taste like a nerd as well. Abby will be making wine out of these guys!

Poor little Pippy got bit by a copperhead on his little paw. It was so swollen the night before that I thought it was going to burst. Abby did her herbal thing, and the swelling was nearly gone the next morning. That doesn't mean that he didn't milk it for the next three days inside and the next couple of weeks hobbling around! Poor little guy!

Honey mushrooms all over our back hill. Abby made some cream of mushroom from them.

Finally found some rabbit tobacco and they didn't care who saw them on the side of the road!

Lost another tooth!

It won't be long before we have another snaggle tooth in the house!

She's a pro on this bike man! Standing up to ride!

Crazy dog. She fell asleep beside me like this and of course I had to snap her picture.

 

Emily goes horseback riding

Emily has been wanting to go horseback riding since we moved up here. We've looked at different places and she even called one, but nothing really seemed to work out. Until we met Marianne! She and her husband come to Abby's herb classes during the summer when they're at their mountain house. They also bring their horses up from Florida for the summer. When Marianne found out that Emily wanted to ride, she quickly invited us over and had Emily up on Sammy in no time. Emily loved it and got her fix! She doesn't want to ride all the time, but if we ever had a farm big enough for a horse, she definitely wants to add that to our barnyard! I'm highly allergic to horses and had to stay in the car the whole time...boo!

After the riding session, we went back to Marianne's where she had Emily do a hypnosis session for herself and her husband. I'm happy to report that Marianne had a stress free ride back to Florida and her husband Glenn is no longer biting his nails. This was the view I enjoyed while waiting for them!

 

School

I'm so thankful other moms remember to take photos and then post them to our group. I wouldn't have near as many pics of mine. Here they are learning about different types of leaves.

Art class fun.

Life Skills. We've really loved this class.

More life skills, CPR.

Art for the middles. Emily has been an awesome help!

He had a great day at school that day! He even fell asleep wearing his lion mask he made!

Painting wooden fall pumpkins together.

Monster Madness.

 

Feasting Hall Kitchen

Drum roll please....... it's ready to be put to use! The floor is complete, the rocks around the stove are in place and the gridle is ready to cook. It turned out so cute and functional. Don and Pattie gave us the door for the front and it just added the perfect finishing touch. They've been carrying the door around for 40 years and felt they had finally found the perfect place for it. Perry got it all cleaned up and painted and it looks just wonderful. Now to have a few starter fires and we'll be ready to put it to use!

 

Herb Class

Getting everything ready this night before class. It looks so good, especially with the twinkle cafe lights. Look at all that corn from the second and third picking!

Wine making class. Abby's specialty! She's been teaching this topic for the herb conference for a coupld of years now.

Our Highland Herbalist!

And then they stole my phone!

What on earth!?!

The cool kids that hang out after class.

What a beautiful evening! Fall is in the air!

This girl and her selfies. She loves to steal my phone and see how many pictures she can take!