Fall 2023

Tessie's start of 5th grade was our family's 12th and final year at Bowman Elementary School

With the rainy summer, the apple orchard was in great shape for picking

Tessie has quite a few Mom-knit sweaters

And she chose her band instrument: the French horn

Our annual pumpkin weight gauging at Wilson Farm

Erin started 9th grade and joined the cross-country team

With the summer training and her heel not hurting, she has run some races on the varsity scoring team

At a New England meet in Rhode Island she ran with the freshwoman team

Their team placed #1 and Erin picked up a medal for finishing #10

At that same meet I ran a 5K but did not win a medal

In addition to starting 11th grade, Caroline completed her driver's education hours and passed her driver's test

Now she can help ferry Erin and Tessie around town

I took another trip to Gothenburg Sweden for work

More sustainability: paper ice buckets in the hotel

Water glasses at the cafe

Driftwood art in the park

On the way home we passed through Munich. It was Octoberfest season, which explained all the guys in lederhosen on the plane. I had to try a pretzel.

After the bunnies ate all my potted milkweed, we planted potatoes instead

Tessie helped prep them

for her favorite side dish

smashed potatoes

After years of claiming there were no horse riding farms in Lexington, it turns out there is one and Tessie can walk to it from school. She took on the challenge to walk there from school and started lessons.

Grandma Joan and Grandpa Ed came up for a week

and cousin Colleen, who was in town for a conference, joined us for a Canadian Thanksgiving meal over Columbus Indigenous Peoples Day weekend. We all agreed that the meal was tastier this time of the year during harvest season as opposed late November, when produce has been in cold storage for weeks.