Wordless Wednesday - Rare Find

Hannah and her four-leafed friend

A Song For Saturday

I know this family through our homeschool group. Amazing talent!
It may be too late to vote for him. I just found out about it, myself. Hope he does well.

Latin Word of the Day

Quinque - five

(Quinquagenarian - person who is 50 - 59 years old.)

Wow, there's a name for it!

Institute for Cultural Communicators

What is it? Well we went for a Sneak Peak session in Douglasville on Friday from 4-9. The kids loved it and we were encouraged and excited to learn the who, what, and why of this organization.
While the parents were learning about the history of communications training, the kids were having fun while giving speeches. When we gathered for supper, Hannah and Josiah were beaming with enthusiasm, and excited about their accomplishments. They each got a certificate and got checked off on delivering 4 types of speeches. Of course, they weren't perfect, but it's a start. This is the beginning.

Hannah has one just like it with her name.

Josiah sharing about his experience.

Hannah sharing with the group at our table.

Some of our homeschool friends sharing.

Everyone being attentive.

 After dinner, there was a program put on by the teenage Communicators for Christ. It was both entertaining and informative. The Institute for Cultural Communicators now has a chapter in our area, thanks to Jana Hunt and Amy Cruce. We will have our first meeting in a couple of weeks. We are really excited about seeing our children grow up to be outstanding communicators.

Wordless Wednesday - Red-tailed hawk

This is one huge bird.

I think it is at least 20 inches long.

I could not get close enough to measure it.

Beauriful creature . . .

with a keen eye . . .

and a loud call.

This give a better idea of the size.

He stayed long enough for me to get some good shots.

Then he rose and turned. . .

faced the woods . . .

and flew away.

To find out what kind of hawk this is, I contacted Monteen at Hawk Talk . She got back with me in record time. You can see her answer to me in the comments. You might also want ot check out her blog, if you are interested in such things.