Friday, June 20, 2014

Day 20 - 28: Summer Adventure Catch-up

It's been a crazy week.  So here is a photo essay to catch you up on this teacher's summer adventure.





Typical visit at the Schuller's!  Lots of laughter and stories!













View from our room in the Hotel Fort Des Moines.  The right hand side above the two trees used to be a parking garage ~ wait ~ it still is.   Clever engineers have hidden it.  Once inside the garage the wall is see through!

My friend, Le, and I shopping in Des Moines (between the meeting and the dinner).  We happened upon this quaint, eclectic little shop called Calypso's. The store owner and employees made us feel so at home!  Yes, we purchased items from this store.  We also laughed a lot and shared stories with them.  It was a grand shopping experience!  I highly recommend this place!
 


Ryan and Cassandra Dirks were happily married on June 14, 2014!  These are B.J. and my former students and now friends!












The storms, rain, hail, thunder, and lightening started on Sat. June 14.  They lasted (on and off) until Tuesday.  Sibley's flooding was very minimal compared to communities around us.  This a picture of the Sibley-Ocheyedan grounds behind the middle school.  It is usually an open field until the corn field you see to the way right.  The water crept into the outfield of the baseball field.  The water in the foreground is a very steep ditch.  Our families are safe!  Catherine lives in the community of Rock Rapids.  She wasn't able to get home for a few days.






This cute little guy is our grandson, Landon!  This was an early morning "Good Morning" text!  Awesome way to start my day!
















My summer "classroom", the bus barn!  I love the smell of the dirt floor.  It reminds me of my Grandpa's garage ~ dirt floor, smell of oil!












Art humor ~ Grass Stacks ~






 inspired by Monet's Hay Stacks.




Simple Joy ~ this delicate little mushroom in the morning dew!














The current books I'm reading ~ book study, fun, class.


Saw these movies!


Take care, be kind, and look for the simple joys!

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