Morning Time ~ Autumn 2012

Here are my plans for Morning Time, which we will begin tomorrow. (oops, that should be next Tuesday!) 
We do MT on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.
When the weather cools, I want to include a Morning Walk!

• Prayer 
• Hymns:
• All Things Bright and Beautiful
• This Is My Father's World
•  For the Beauty of the Earth
• 10yo daughter reads from Rod & Staff Bible Reader: Job, Psalms, and Proverbs
• Scripture Memory: 
• Genesis 1
• Psalm 19
• Books of the Old Testament

• The Ten Commandments in Verse by Elton Trueblood :

Above all else love God alone;
Bow down to neither wood or stone.
God's name refuse to take in vain;
The Sabbath rest with care maintain.
Respect your parents all your days;
Hold sacred human life always.
Be loyal to your chosen mate;
Steal nothing neither small nor great.
Report, with truth, your neighbor's deed;
And rid your mind of selfish greed.

• Ambleside Online Poetry selections for September, October, November, and December
• Watch Latin video (we are using First Form by Memoria Press)
• Latin recitation & flashcard drill
• Review math facts & phonograms

Friday Fine Arts Extended Morning Time:

• Art History: We will be watching & discussing a series of youtube videos beginning with this one:
• Classical Music:

There are a few things that have been a part of MT in the past or that I want to include in the future, but for now they are on hold.  I do plan to add these at some later point:

• Catechism
• Ourselves 
• Plutarch
• Shakespeare

September

The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.
-   John Updike

~*~*~*~

Departing summer hath assumed
An aspect tenderly illumed,
The gentlest look of spring;
That calls from yonder leafy shade
Unfaded, yet prepared to fade,
A timely carolling.
-  William Wordsworth

 

~*~*~*~

The golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.

The sedges flaunt their harvest,
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook-side
Make asters in the brook,

From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.

 By all these lovely tokens
 September days are here,
 With summer's best of weather,
 And autumn's best of cheer.

 But none of all this beauty
 Which floods the earth and air
 Is unto me the secret
 Which makes September fair.

T'is a thing which I remember;
To name it thrills me yet:
One day of one September
I never can forget.
-  Helen Hunt Jackson

Autumn Supper Ideas

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am so very ready for fall.  It has been quite a hectic summer, and I have been feeling overwhelmed.  But thoughts of autumn always energize me, and I am hoping to harness that energy and get my house and my life into a pleasant rhythm in the coming weeks. 

Today the kids helped me brainstorm a list of supper ideas:

1. chicken & rice I make several variations of this
2. baked spaghetti or other pasta
3. stroganoff
4. chili & cornbread
5. sloppy joes
6. fish & chips
7. frito pie
8. shepherd's pie
9. roasted sausage, potatoes & peppers
10. soup & sandwiches another idea with different options
11. meatloaf
12. homemade pizza
13. stir-fry
14. grill out if we get rain, and the burn ban is lifted!

Toward Autumn

My favourite time of year is almost upon us!

I look forward to cooler evenings, sweaters, boots, baking, Longhorn football, Thanksgiving, Advent...

Living it Central Texas, we don't have many crisp days or much autumn colour, but at least the triple digit temperatures should eventually come to an end!  I am creating a bucket list of things to do, make, read, and so forth for September, October, and November.

I even have a special devotional book Abundance From God's Heart in Autumn.  I do not remember where or when I got this book, but I love it.  It has thirteen weeks of readings, and I plan to begin on Sunday (even though it will not officially be Autumn for another three weeks) so that I will finish right before Advent.  I am also going to be praying through the Psalms during this time following this plan.

Is anyone else an autumn~lover?

Tasha Tudor Day

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Here is how we celebrated Tasha Tudor's 97th birthday:

• apple turnovers for breakfast
• teatime
• choosing a new knitting project
• breaking out the first Christmas book and my only Tasha Tudor book Forever Christmas to begin planning for Advent and Christmas

I would like to have done more, but it was a very busy day amidst a very busy week at the end of a very busy summer.

“There is no peace that cannot be found in the present moment.”

 ~Tasha Tudor