how about some fall weather slowly making its way down south! we are so thankful as we love to be outside together, exploring creation. adam has wonderfully fond memories of fishing as a boy and with marit and graham's love for nature budding, has been wanting to take them out. after digging in our fertile backyard for worms,he took them to the pond where he grew up fishing (thanks dave and carol for the supplies) and marit caught her first fish-a bream that plopped back into the water.

over the weekend, they took a little longer of an adventure to one of our favorite spots. someone may have fallen in the pond while reaching for a dragon-fly. it was fairly terrifying to father and son and humiliating to graham. thankfully, he caught his first fish shortly after being pulled from the muck ( a grace, if you will) and was able to recover. he was dancing around when they got home and chanting 'i- caught-a-blue-gill.' marit caught a turtle shortly thereafter. of course everything was thrown back.  i was home napping off a head-cold with the butternut, but i know we will enjoy many outdoor adventures this fall....including visiting tom, kel et al in maine in just a couple weeks!  anyone have advice for airplane travel with 3 small ones?  this will be the first flight for them all.

adam found this beautiful emperor moth in the parking deck at work.  this is just before it landed on me, laid eggs and flew away.

adam's childhood pond is being overrun with ducks and geese