Friday, March 13, 2026

Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia this Friday the 13th. How you doing? The forsythia bushes & some of the fruit trees are blooming. I spent the week with Grands while their parents went on a spring break getaway. Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & we'll talk about our themed days & how the camper transformation is going. I've got unpacking & laundry to do then I'm going to the opening baseball ceremonies this weekend. 

Moma, Me, Sister - Read Across America 
with Dr. Suess. We take our homeschool
day themes maybe a bit too serious.

The youngest Grands explore
in the garden.


Messy Monday - Hotdog roast & catching tadpoles. Our pond has failed to hold water. It's still on our to-do list to line it with some Georgia red clay. For now, it's the perfect place where tadpoles can thrive. 


Sometimes at Nana & Pa's
house you have to cook your
own food.

About a trillion tadpoles
 were caught.

























Topsy Turvy Tuesday - Grand's birthday, desserts for every meal, meet the parents for lunch & an adventure outing. Desserts included birthday cake for breakfast, cinnamon roll for lunch, ice cream for snack & peach parfaits for supper. 

Elk crossing in the national park. The Grands
had never seen elk. It was a learning
opportunity of all sorts - How do you spell
elk, why is that one wearing a collar...
  
One cinnamon roll was enough to feed
the whole table. 


  
Snow tubing inside
where the temperature
is 65 to 70 degrees
year round.

Animals to pet, feed & hold at the zoo. 


   
Ice cream before I head back
home with Grands.

Happy 8th Birthday to Grand Jemma.



Wacky Wednesday - Hat Day. Trail walk, playground, picnic, space presentation & local history tour.

We got our hats on heading
to the picnic area.
 
Stars & planets for lunch.


We found lots of sweet gum balls
along the trail & saw some squirrels.
Dandelions were popped up everywhere. 
  
We walked to the river, skipped 
rocks then Sister took the oldest
ones to a couple of local historical
sites pertaining to the first settlers
of the area.


Thankful Thursday - Cooked a turkey, cleaned bedrooms & studied for Bible drills.

Grands prepped the turkey.
  
The turkey cooked up beautifully, though it 
wasn't done in time for lunch as planned.
Starving Grands got chicken bites
quickly cooked in the air fryer instead.



















The parents brought home donuts in loving
memory of Baby Grand's birthday & the
cat's birthdays.
  
Daughter always has the most beautiful
centerpieces on the dining table.



















Happy 2nd Birthday to Grand Aisley,
forever a part of our family
story.




It's a pretty blue color. It has rock lights 
underneath & speakers of some kind.
It even has a ceiling fan. Yay!


Kevin cleaned out the enclosed trailer, bought a side-by-side & already hauled it home while I was away. He wanted to get a side-by-side 1st, so he can build the camper around where the side-by-side will travel in the trailer.

Pear tree blooms. We've had a nice
warm spell. A cold front is moving in
 Monday with temperatures dropping
below freezing that will probably
kill the fruit buds.











These are some of the things that's has been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been?


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