Critters in the garden

I actually awoke early on Sunday morning by choice. After my weekday alarm setting of 4:45 a.m., I usually sleep in on the weekend. Of course, 6:30 or 7:00 is still sleeping in by comparison. It was a nice morning-not hot and muggy! I decided to spend some time outside and enjoy it. Beasty decided to sit in my garden sink!

The banana or garden spiders are prolific in my yard this year. One is right alongside the gate leading into the chicken run! My sweety doesn't like spiders! They give him the creeps!

Their webs are beautiful.

I had a surprise this morning. At first I thought it was a piece of grass wound through the fence. It is non-venomous, so no worries!

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Lorilee

Rings on her fingers and bells up her nose?

My sweety usually has Mondays off from work. Today, he made a base for my bottle tree. We had some pieces of oak salvaged from a wooden pallet lying around, so that is the wood he used. Now all it needs is more bottles, and I am working on that. I have a White Merlot chilling!
While sweety was at home, I was at school. My Teaching assistant had to work in another classroom today since we were very shorthanded. So I had the pleasure of this experience alone! A cute little girl in my afternoon class arrived wearing a skirt with jinglebells on it. It was over her regular clothes and looked like part of a costume. Shortly upon arrival in the classroom, another little girl was wearing it! Since it wasn't causing a problem, I let it go and made a mental note to be sure the skirt went home on the correct child! Later, the students were on the carpet and I was reading a story, when I noticed the little girl playing with a couple of the jinglebells that had fallen off. Actually, they had probably been assisted off by little fingers. I told her to put them in the skirt owners "mailbox" which is our name for their cubbies. She obediently got up, went to the mailboxes and returned. A moment later, I looked at her, and she had a red jingle bell in one nostril and a green jinglebell in the other! I pretty much shrieked, " (little girl's name), get those jinglebells out of your nose!" She calmly took a breath through her mouth and blew them out. This time I told her to put them in the trash and put the skirt in the owners mailbox. Later, I explained the dangers of putting items up your nose. Then, when the students were leaving for the day, I called to her, " Remember, it's supposed to be rings on your fingers and bells on your toes, not up your nose!" She giggled and replied, "You made a rhyme!" Oh, those four-year-olds!
Oh, and I apologize for not having photos to accompany this story! haha!
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Lorilee

Coffee Filter Leaves!

My students love making these leaves. My teaching assistant pre-cuts the leaves from coffee filters. The students dab red, yellow, and green food coloring mixed with just a little water onto the leaves. (It must be very concentrated) We let them dry and then hang them on the tree. We have gotten many compliments on our door! They also look nice hanging from the ceiling and on windows!
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Lorilee

School Days!

I have been pretty busy, and not spending much time at home between school all day,errands, clogging, and football games! My students have been having fun with our latest project. It is not really art since we have a specific outcome! It is fine motor work and math! We call it Smiling Salad. I found a book by the same name which I read to the children. It uses photographs of a real salad. (We are studying grocery stores this week). We follow up by making our own Smiling Salads with paper on a paper plate. I love the way this little boy is concentrating so intensely on getting the drop of glue just so on the piece of paper!

This little boy is about to add the first of the three pieces of "celery" for the mouth on his salad. (We used a diecut numeral 3 for the slice of yellow pepper. Anything to save time for the teachers)

A teacher across the hall has this cool spider hanging from a wreath on her door. It is made with a copper scrubber. I hope to try some with the silver colored scrubbers and black chenille sticks! I'm not sure if I'll get to do any crafting this weekend. I still need to get my Halloween decorating finished. I will also be on-the-go Friday and Saturday. My son is taking a Hunter Education course from 6 til dark on Friday and form 8 a.m. til around 4 p.m. on Saturday.

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Lorilee