A Momentary Distraction

Wes and Joan have taken the day off to go to Burlington to see their Aunt Ellie. Our love, thoughts, prayers are with her and her family as they go through this very tough time.


I hope that those of you who are thinking of Ellie throughout the day will be able to enjoy these pictures as a momentary distraction.

Hello again, Pond.


During the winter, skating on the pond became too much of a challenge. It snows everyday here in the NEK, so we soon abandoned our shovels in favor of the Lyndonville rink and waited for the snow and ice to melt before we could once again visit The Pond. We pulled on our mud boots and made our way over through the muck and mud. It was worth it. When we got there, two mallard ducks were waiting for us.

I wonder if these ducks are wild or tame? They were not bothered by our visit. In fact they came quite close to us as if looking for food.

I wonder if there will be ducklings soon?

Wayne looks about 6 feet tall in this picture.

Cole is also losing his "little kid" look. What is happening to my babies?

Heather finds last winter's hockey stick in the grass and works on her skills.
Cole and Wayne fly a kite. And you thought Superman was the only one who could fly!

A two person puppeteer team called "No Strings" came to Wayne's school earlier this week to put on a marrionette performance of The Hobbit during school hours. It was amazing.

This one is half costume, half puppet.

The dragon was very popular. I was there with Cole and Heather and I was a little worried that some parts of the show would be too scary for them, but they didn't bat an eye. One of the best parts of the show, I thought, was afterward when the two people came out to the audience with the life size marrionettes and had a question and answer period. They make everything themselves - the puppets, the costumes, the stage and backdrops, the script and the soundtrack. Just two people. They come from Randolph.

And Cole had some excitement in preschool this week, too. They've had an incubator full of eggs in their classroom and they have been very impatiently waiting for the chicks to hatch. Yesterday was the big day.
One chick, out of about 18, hatched. That was one popular little chick and the kids were very happy to have even that one little guy. They named him Fluffy Duffy.

That's all the news from Elijah's Place.

Now, vacation!