The end of our school year has come. We finished up our work last Thursday and to celebrate we got up at 5:30 am on Friday morning to spend a day in the life of Ye Olde Village.

It's been a full month of May. Certainly not very warm overall and the wind has kept us strong. But I did take advantage of the few hot days and got the garden planted so I can now enjoy watching it grow. Unfortunately the weeds grow too. As a friend said yesterday: I can look at the chore of weeding as simply decluttering my garden. Makes it seem lighter.

Yesterday I was inspired by this friend and decluttered dandelions for two hours. 

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He asked.

She said yes.

Our family is growing.

Great cheering for the new aunt by the kidlets.

Brother and sister-in-law sigh with pleasure.

We haven't heard yet from the parents or the sister and brother-in-law.

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We watched her walk across the cornfield to our house. We had no idea where she had come from but she seemed to feel at home here and enjoyed the food and shelter we provided. The children called her Missy.

One day it rained and rained all day. Nobody remembered having seen Missy. We haven't seen her since. Good luck, little Clucker. Hope you find a roost to call home.