Audubon’s first home in America

That’s where we went today.  It’s called Mill Grove and it’s about a 35 minute country drive from here.  The house and grounds are open for hiking, looking at the birds in the rehabilitation center, and looking at lots of stuffed birds and Audubon prints in the museum – which is Audubon’s house.

We got a few of our friends from our homeschool group to join us there.  They all think I’m very adventurous now.  Most of them had never been to the place or even heard of it, and they found it amazing to have someone who’s been here only 3 months invite them.  But, we visited the Audubon Center in Portland frequently, so it was natural to look for one here.  We like looking at dead birds, I guess.   And they don’t know how many places near Portland we never made it to…

The grounds are beautiful.  The pathways were just covered with golden and red leaves.  I’m told this is a pretty bleak year for fall color.  I’m told we should go up to New England.  But it looks pretty good to us here.

After we got back from that adventure, James and Cris headed off on a cub scout campout.  It’s just a quick overnighter, more of a sleepover than a campout.  They left after dinner and will be back in the morning, just after breakfast.   We were told that someone from the pack makes a Dunkin Donuts run early in the morning.

Eleanor and I spent the evening doing crafts together.  Fun.  When the boys get home tomorrow, James will have time to get cleaned up, then he heads out to a class at a local arboretum to work on his Forester badge.   He’s pretty into this badge thing.  I still find the scout manual mystifying.

Cris may be reading Greek by flashlight as I type… well, probably not.  He didn’t take a thermos of coffee with him.