Saturday, July 9, 2011

The chicks are growing up...

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and heading outside while Eric is building them a coop... they are getting so big, and Tink (the only one of two, out of 26, we've named...don't worry!) is doing so great, though still small. It's a two person job now because every time I open their cage, tbey come flying out! They've scared us a couple of times when they are all laying down sleeping because they look all stretched out and dead! But then they all open their eyes and just look at me...

E's birthday was over the 4th so we had family up for the long weekend... there was lots of eating, swimming and a few bee stings (what's a farm weekend without a few stings?!) He had a great 9th birthday (so hard to believe he's 9!) He, his brother and daddy have kicked me out of the house this weekend for the annual father/son camp-out that Eric's brother plans... it's such a great thing, having all those dads and kids together up there just being dudes, with no moms around telling them to put on their sunscreen and stop hitting their brother! However, it did rain on them last night so I'm sure the moms will get some interesting stories today... As for me, I'm spending my time off the mountain visiting with my sil and spending lots of money (just kidding
Eric!) I've been exploring my surroundings...

We are not blogging nearly as much as we want because our connection is so bad... it's driving me crazy! But, if you do want to get a notice whenever I CAN blog, I THINK there's a link at thebottom of the page that allows you to sign up for the posts? Or maybe someone who's familiar with blogs can share wisdom on this!?

As for progress on ATG, we've been building the coop, and now we have a logging crew up there to timber and clear tbe site...I'll post pics soon. I have a feeling our beautiful, secluded spot will not be so beautiful and secluded when they're done!

1 comment:

aggie said...

how about a pony???