We have turned back the clocks and the weather is getting colder, and less time is being spent outside playing ball. The kids are inside and a bit restless, so out come the games for our family enjoyment. I am so glad my children enjoy board games. I remember spending a lot of time playing board games as a child with my mother. We would play a lot of thinking games, not just test of luck, such as Scrabble, Mind-bender, Clue to mention a few of my childhood favorites.

My children like their computer games and Nintendo, but our favorite board game to play as a family is the Icosagame. It is enjoyable for all of us and is lead free and made right here is America, which is becoming a very rare find. My children enjoy it so much that they give the Icosagame as birthday gifts to their friends.

Tree

Well, it has happened…most of the leaves have left their trees. Just when we finish raking all the neighbors leaves from our yard, our own tree lets loose its leaves for the winter. Every year it waits till every other tree in the neighborhood is void of leaves before it even begins to let go. I still am not sure what kind of tree it is, but have grown quite fond of it, it is quite a beautiful tree.

This last summer I would sit in my lawn chair and watch the butterflies fly among the branches and drink the sap from the branches. I would watch as the woodpeckers would come and tap tap tap to get the sap flowing again, then the butterflies would go back to drinking the sap. They would do this for hours every day. Wow, what a site!

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