Harvest's First Time on a Plane

Reason Why We Have to Delay Hawaii

Annie's Alien Project for Life on Venus

Now, ... Annie came home a bit distressed. She got an A; however, some of her fellow students said it looked "like a butt." :-D

Harvest's Graduation Party

Annie's National History Day NHD Project : The Tragedy of the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic

In hindsight, we had NO idea how relevant this NHD project was going to be. Why? Because less than a year later, in the winter of 2020, the entire globe would be suffering from another pandemic:  Covid-19 or the Coronavirus. Even after a vaccine became available to the public (April 2021), the virus was still raging all over the world and new variants were appearing. The effects wouldn't be fully over until FAR into 2022.

And the aftermath, or what we call "carnage" :

This is what I wrote in my plague journal about Annie's project:

Here I would like to mention how much my daughter has an insight into this virus because of her national history day project last year. Her national history day project was on the 1918 Spanish flu, which is very similar to COVID-19. One of the features was on "cytokine storms" which can wreak havoc on healthy lungs. Her project was called "The Tragedy of the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic: From Sickness to Science." I am not sure how much you will be able to see from the photos, but the effects of the sickness were strikingly similar to COVID-19. The irony? This was EXACTLY one year ago Annie did this project!

New Bird ! Rose Breasted Grosbeak !

Kumo : Still Nursing !?!

Again, pic doesn't do the humor justice. Kumo's wiggly feet are straight up in the air!

The Beautiful Art in Leia's Room

Kumo LOVES Lettuce

This pic doesn't do the humor justice.

Lunching with Former Student , Josh , at Grove Park Inn

Selfie with Baby Bunny , KUMO

FaceTime with April & Emily & William

 I'm so glad that facetime exists! It allows Emily and William to know Oma and  Papa even though they live all the way in Texas!!

Leia & Oma & Annie

Happy Mother's Day to Oma

Happy Mother's Day at Sierra Nevada with Grandma

The Baby Bunny Ate My Homework

My Favorite Pottery Project by Leia

This would remain my absolute favorite piece of pottery Leia would complete. It wasn't really supposed to be a self portrait, but one cannot dismiss the resemblance! I keep it in a very visible spot on the stairs, and Leia has been very generous to let me keep it there. It makes me feel like I see her beautiful face every time I walk to my bedroom.

Baby Bunny at Pisgah Inn in my Purse

One of our VERY favorite things! ... And Annie even wore the proper earrings for the occasion! 

Baby Bunny's First Outing

The Girls Watch South Pacific with Papa