Lesson 943: Funny Things

 Hello, Readers.

It's Eloise here, in the Great Lakes Region

experiencing the typical crackpot weather in March.

One day like this,

and the next like this.

Ice and snow

wiped away the memory of 70 degrees

the week prior.

Funny how that works.

Even the wildlife was saying,

this is for the birds.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel--

spring arrived today!

Mr. Lamp Post practices reading with Natalie

every single day.

She's doing so well!

Funny thing what fifteen minutes of focus each day can do.

Weekend homework:  try it!

Pick something you want to improve 

and practice for 15 minutes every single day.

Eloise has been suffering with a case of diagnosed laryngitis.

I'm on my 12th day.

12 days of sucking on lozenges,

leaving me with a sour stomach

and some very bad breath.

Time,

fluids,

and vocal rest 

were the doctor's orders.

However,

there is not much of a chance for vocal rest in school.

One of the first graders tapped me on the shoulder

while we were working on a floor game this week.

The students noticed that my voice was returning

and slowly improving.

"Mrs. Eloise,

you don't sound like a scary person anymore..

you just sound like a frog."

One of the funniest things I followed this week

was the airport drama of a friend,

and her newfound friendship

with a foreign stranded passenger named Lucy.  

Here are a few funny things to end this blog tonight.

I'm going to get a copy of this

to hang in our cabin.

Eloise

Lesson 942: Dark & Stormy

Hello, Readers!

Oh my!

March handed us quite a night.

The wind is a-howling!

Weekend pop quiz:

Which of Eloise's favorite children's classic books

did Snoopy swipe this line from in 1965?

See the bottom of the blog for the answer.

Fun fact:

The line It was a dark and stormy night 

history goes back even further,

to an 1800's poem.

The line was known as an example of bad writing. 

Bad or stormy history, 

no matter--

it is connected to Snoopy

and his quest to be an author,

so Eloise likes it.

Last Saturday was sunny and bright for a bit.

Erik and I rode to Presque Isle to see the melting snow,

and some boys enjoying the bay side

in shorts.

This morning,

at dawn,

the sky was painted pink and purple.

A few seconds later, rose gold,

And of course,

who else is up at the crack of dawn,

already finishing her 15th task of the day?

Grandma!

She's out and about in the community every day,

often before I even leave for work.

Our community has a bit of a Dark & Stormy past.

If you stop at the roadside park,

near the railroad tracks,

you'll find a marker 

explaining the armed skirmish

at that location in the 1850's.

My students are working on a project about

The Gauge War

and the stubborn band of farmers

who kept ripping up the tracks.

I'll let them work on their project a little more,

and then I'll fill you in.

Bonus points if you stop at the marker

and read about it for yourself.

Here's a snapshot of a Dark & Stormy group--

the Huskies student section

at the Lady Huskies basketball playoff game.

The girls season went one more than the boys this year.

It was nice to see the boys show up to support them.

Kids are fun to watch in the stands.

It's something I'll never tire of.

The Lady Huskies won that game,

but lost later in the week.

Basketball is all wrapped up for the season

with an orange and black bow.

We are now caught in the awkward time

between the end of basketball

and the start of baseball.

What shall I do with my time?

I'll be inside the Lamp Post,

and outside in the Greenhouse, 

puttering.

A Sunny & Bright note

to end this Dark & Stormy blog--

Natalie has reignited her win streak.

She won the Mexican Mint plant

at BINGO on Thursday.

Answer to Pop Quiz:

It was a dark and stormy night

was used by Madeline L'Engle

in A Wrinkle in Time.

Side note:

Some of the books elements are included in LOST,

particularly the character Eloise Hawking.

Have a great weekend.

Eloise

 

Lesson 941: On Thin Ice

 Finally, Folks!

Some warm weather!

This makes your double nickeled blogger

quite happy today.

You can see the tip of my birthday banner in the background

from earlier this week.

Did you figure out my age?

On the wee hours of my 3-3 birthday,

were were supposed to have some sort of lunar eclipse

at exactly 3:33 am!

I don't think the time was correct for our time zone,

but I set my alarm 

ungodly early 

and got up to check it out.

No eclipse that these old bifocaled eyes could see--

but the moon was stunning as always,.

The students got out to the school yard

to shake out the wiggles.

The beautiful ice has melted from my grapevines.

The ice is breaking up on the lake.

And how are the water foul handling that?

 They are walking On Thin Ice!

I moved our winter sown seeds in a location

that gets more sunlight.

Rabbit is protecting them.

Spring is not far away!

Here is the evidence!

I'm tiptoeing On Thin Ice

because I'm not sleeping enough.

I feel prowly at night.

I'm headed to the couch with Theo (of Golden)

until I nod off.

It's a slow book for me,

reminds me a lot of the Noticer.

So far it's a 2.5 out of 5 for me,

and if it knocks me out tonight,

I might bump it up to a 3.

I really loved Project Hail Mary--just finished it this week.

More on that book later,

closer to when I go see the movie in a few weeks!

Goodnight!

Eloise