Week 37: 52 Weeks of Photos

We collected these elderberries on our hike.  Now we will make them into syrup and tincture and store the extras in the freezer.  These are great for preventing cold and flu, or shortening the duration of the illness when you do get sick.  Fall is in the air, and that means winter is close behind!

Week 36: 52 Weeks of Photos

For Labor Day we went hiking.  It was a lot of fun!  My youngest woke up with a cold and awful cough, but she was determined to hike.  She was disappointed to discover that hiking does not mean  mountain climbing.  I guess we need some different gear...

Despite her cough she was determined!  But we did not make her hike the whole way, that would have been hard on her lungs.  The mountain air helped her a lot.  E (3rd grade) remarked that it was just like Clara in Heidi.  We brought the mei tai that I made many years ago and refuse to give up even though I have no babies.  I'm glad that I kept the one I made because I know how strong it is, and it worked wonderfully!