Week 42 -Oregon Coty - October 16-October 22, 2023

I'm taking care of our little oak trees I planted two summers ago.  I built a tripod of lathe over the trees and hung bags of Irish Spring....which is supposed to deter deer from coming near.  It is very time consuming, so I hope the deterrence works.

On Sunday Clara and Abby's orchestra from ACA played preludial music at a  matinee of the Oregon Symphony.  The were in the mezzanine at the Schnitzner and did really well considering they've only been playing together for about a month.

Sunday night we celebrated Whitney's birthday.

Bev and Paul went to the East Coast for a week, and the kids are staying with us...not Clara who is staying with the Scotts.  They all had their choice where to sleep, and the three of them chose to sleep in our bedroom.  It was a cozy week.

The kids kept us on our toes.  A couple of evening we played Memory (a game of concentration) with a Jurassic  park theme.  We had a lot of tun - I especially like it when I don't care whether I win or not.

At Activity Day, the kids painted their clay objects that they had made two weeks earlier.

The kids "cleaned up" at the Ward Harvest Part and at Trunk or Treat.

Here's a drawing Jude made

Naturally, I have a lot of cat photos.

Dad nicely decorated our front porch with a nice Fall setting.