Week 23 Back to Normal

Week 23

Back to Normal...

Says he, tongue in cheek. The weather turned nasty, just to remind me that we were so lucky to have had such good weather last week!

One of "our" kids is leaving...

I have mentioned before that our kids keep growing up and leaving. At first, it came as a bit of a "surprise", but now I just accept it as part of the process and part of our role in providing assistance to the families until the kids themselves are ready to "move on". 

Bonne (Bonner) came to us about 6 years ago. There's always a reason so we have to adapt to the problems as best we can. Being part of a "group" and having friends here is important.

I made up a collage of photos from over the years...

including; learning to drive the tractor, work around the farm, walking in the forest... and sitting on the "time-out" rock!

I always ask that they "come back and see us some time". Sometimes they do and I occasionally see some of them on Facebook. They all have a special place with us.

More on Ben...

In the last 2 weeks, he has been in Belgium with his Student Club and then last week in London. 

We thought it was bad enough that we seem to have lost him to the delights of Amsterdam...

He now says that he is in "love" with London!! Who knows where this will lead? He just needs to keep studying and find a job that will enable him... perhaps a nice little business in the country..." oh, wait. haha.

Belgium

London (with friends from his time in Hong Kong).

(Ben was a Harry Potter fan.... so this was good).

Pumpkins surviving, so far...

I'd better not say too much about the rest... there's still time for my "Black Thumbs" to prevail.