Red

Hosanna

Jack

Meet Jack, a two-year-old Australian Cattle dog mix. He's Logan's dog and Charlie's new friend. 

Hardly workin'

Teacher-student

Working on school while working at the blueberry farm. 

Friends have asked when school starts. For me it seems like it never ended. 

Two weeks ago I finished teaching the summer term. One week ago I started taking online classes toward my master's degree. This week I began teaching again.

I'm not sure when it started, but I know it's already started. 

Ford 500

Grandpa would have been proud of Brian. When the price of a car at an auction went down low, Brian's hand went up high. He came home driving a Ford 500. 

Security

Mealtime

One of Charlie's favorite times is mealtime. He devours his bowl of dry dog food as if it were the most delicious food in the world. 

Pink and blue

Guess

...where Amanda and I went last week.

Hadassa

This little girl charms me with her smiles, but when I reach for my camera, it's no laughing matter.

Oh brother

More blueberries

Rose of Sharon

Sweet

Sister smiles

Rough

It's been a rough end of the semester for me. I feel like a failure as a teacher.

But...

I am deciding not to base my measurement of success as a teacher on my feelings.  

Early apples

Blueberry girl

Naomi and I work a lot of shifts together at the blueberry farm.

Sunday picnic

 Our friends Kendra and Kathryn were visiting last weekend. After church on Sunday, some of us set out for a park where we met other friends for a picnic. 

A good tree

brings good fruit.

The farmer

That's what my friend Michelle's four-year-old daughter calls Libby.

Geometric

Orange

Cheated

Yesterday I caught a student cheating on a test. I think I feel worse than the students when I find them cheating. 

Detail

Untamed

Libby and I tried to assert dominion over this flowerbed this spring. It wouldn't hurt to try again this fall. 

Watch

Milking time

Green

Charlie in the pool

Charlie in the pool