Late Sunday

'Terrace & Observation Deck at the Moulin'-Van Gogh

So I'm wondering why my shoulders have been tense all week.  It's not been over-busy, though the 'would-be' truck theft was a wash (thankfully) and caused a bit of a rustle in my feathers.  Then first born called this afternoon and said he'd be driving in from Chicago to arrive after dark tonight.  Ah, that's the reason for the stress.  Makes all kinds of sense now.

Nice to have all my chickens under my roof tonight.  Our oldest spent a week in Chicago visiting friends, and he got some wonderful shots of the museums there.  You're allowed to take photos inside without flashes, so he got lots of beautiful pictures to share. We just watched a slide-show of about 200 of them.  My favorites were some Aztec pieces, but many Impressionist paintings and Egyptian art. Fabulous.  And truly, I've never seen so many Monets in one place. The painting at the side was one at the gallery as well.  It just popped out at me since it's one Van Gogh that I'd never seen.

Now off to bed.  First day of school beckoning and am slightly excited about it.  We're going to make Latin the centerpiece of their work, and since we did that years ago, I remember the year went so smoothly because of it. Art, lots of reading and Latin, with the math tucked in somewhere.  Maths aren't our strong point---sad, but it's true.  And in another perk...just teaching 3 of them this year with youngest son in 10th grade, middle daughter in 8th and the least one in 5th.  Not sure how our youngest child got that old...must've been when I wasn't looking!