Yesterday I spent a wonderful day with Cedar. We had several stops but the one I enjoyed the most was the second hand book room at the Grand Rapids library. You will never believe the treasures I found waiting for me! One Hundred Best Poems for Boys and Girls published 1930, a gift from Aunt Clara to Evelyn Reinecki on August 9, 1932. Also a copy of The Book of Famous Poems. The book had been a Christmas gift from "mother" to Evelyn in 1932. This is the collection I purchased when I was about 7 years old. I still have the ragged old book and now a much better copy of it has fallen into my hands. Has anyone been better blessed?
Then we went to secondhand stores shopping for dishes and flatware for the Girlfriends Retreat. Now all we need are a couple of cooking pots.
She spent a quiet night at Pigeons Roost under the sky table and we enjoyed another beautiful day together.
We went out to Peg's and she got to play in Moose Lake with Peg's friends, family and grands.
Peg and I worked hard to cut poles for the new wigwam we are making on her property. It was a hot and sweaty job. Soon we were ready for the lake, too.
It was fun to see how the children enjoyed being together. They interacted graciously. One of the things they did was collect leeches. Then they poured them out and restored their freedom. I am sure the leeches hurried to find their relatives and told them of their adventure with the curious children and how they were shown such mercy. Later the children captured three frogs and soon they too were released to enjoy the pond where they are happily multiplying. I wonder how many frogs such a small pond can support?