wealth
08.8.2009 
Aside from the abundance of peppers, figs, tomatoes, singing, humming, working and writing going on in this household; there are also ample amounts of art. We may be paying our mortgage late, wearing our shoes thin, testing our inner strengths and stretching the budget beyond it's limits...I still feel wealthy.
I wisely used a small amount of our tax returns in February to pay for some summer Artventure classes for Cruxien and Anwen at the Richmond Visual Arts Center. It was a valuable experience for them both in more ways than one. Boychild learned about expectations and what to do when things don't go as he expects. I learned that girlchild would prefer I not be around for her classes (but my presence was required.) It was very interesting for me because Cruxien has always preferred that I stick around.
Anwen thoroughly enjoyed her ceramic class and showed great ability to work three dimensionally. Cruxien took a week long stained glass class and found himself pleasantly challenged, working on a larger piece than he has ever done before. He also just finished up a junk sculpture class and had tons of fun working with the materials.
Chris has been busy writing and learning some new things about website designing and HTML code. He is also quite pleased with the Teddy Bear sunflowers he finally managed to grow in the face of great adversity and struggle (ie. birds). Meanwhile, when I'm not working. I'm fussing with cooking, sauteing, baking, trading and preserving figs while the weeds slowly take over the garden.
Yes, if anyone asks, we ARE wealthy!
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