Begun by the usual classes of Gymnastics in the morning, but followed today by a walk through the local Maple Festival. It was rather cold and so we didn’t stay long. However, we did find time to ask Finney if she wanted her face painted (“no”, from Owen):
Owen went in the house to finish off his candy apple:
Carrie rented a Roto-Tiller and got the garden going. It was tough work. After this she turned a large circle of grass sod to start a new flower garden in the field. She’ll sleep well tonight…
Owen later found a fallen Swallow’s egg in the barn. There was some explaining that the egg wouldn’t hatch and that it was, indeed, OK to hold it gently. I desaturated Owen’s hands in Photoshop to make the image more dramatic:
