Farmer's DIY Daughter

Do It Yourself = DIY

Dear Farmer has daughters...six daughters. Each daughter has a gifting. Something that sets her apart from her sisters. It gives her an identity. And it can change as they grow. Hopefully the emotional daughter grows out of it, and the pianist never stops. One of the daughters is an avid DIY-er. She loves all things DIY! Crafts, food hacks, furniture building, musical instruments...you name it!
The favorite in the house is food hacks.
The hardest thing about DIY is the contagious effects. When a DIY project begins...all want to partake! "So cool!" ,  "Me too! " ,and "Next!" Echo through the house. Usually these things are best done in the singular, but in a family of twelve homeschooling, good luck with that one!
So, when Farmer's DIY Daughter comes to the Wife with a great idea to try the Wife has to multiply the list of supplies by fourteen, add to it the amount of unwanted help, divide it by the sanity she has left on a hectic day, and decide if it's a go/no go.
There are times that the answer is a shrill laugh followed by a flat "no". Other times we all plunge in with vim and vigor! Regardless, there will be more DIYs right around the corner to try!

The Last Beach Days of Summer

In town the pool closed mid-August when school started. But the beach never closes. Hooray for the beach!
So we gravitated North to the lake...to the beach...when all those poor children had to be locked up in a classroom, we took our classroom outside. Walking by the lake, finding dead fish, crawfish, mussels, snails, minnows, rocks, and shells. Ahhh, this is the life!
Many farm kids don't get this lake life as well as farm, so we feel double blessed!!!I
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, swimming days are coming to an end...but we have a couple more months of beach combing. Ahhh, treasured last days....