We went out to get the eggs this morning and a broody hen was sitting on the nest. Usually this is a simple case of picking her up and moving her, the hen quickly forgets about it and moves on with her routine. "Broody" here means the maternal instinct to hatch eggs. Today she wanted to put up a fight! I have never heard such sounds come out of a chicken before.
Monday, April 16, 2012
The Ides of April
So here is another pic of the bathroom's progress. Putting up the bead board. I don't think I ever want to do bead board again. It looks really nice, but it's a lot of work. Way more work than tile if you can believe that.
Then the water main in the house started to leak, so we took a break from the bathroom and worked on that. The solder looks awful, we're not winning any plumbing technique awards, but it's not leaking.
Back to the bathroom!! After much filling, painting, caulking and OCD, the bead board is done. All we need now are the shelves, the cabinet and the mirror.
We decided to move the girls into the larger room together and while all the furniture was being moved, we decided to paint. I added a couple of light fixtures above their beds. I'm so proud, I wired them all by myself!
Cooper's 4th Birthday!
April is Autism Awareness month and Sammy has a new t-shirt to show her support.
We took the kids to La Conner for the Tulip Festival.
Then we drive out to Vantage to see the Ginkgo Petrified State Park. They had some petroglyphs displayed
An amazing poster I need.
We did the 3 mile hike to see the petrified chunks of wood. They're safely kept in stone and iron vaults in the ground. It's very cool to see they were so many different kinds of trees preserved, it's hard to imagine the desert looking like a vast forest filled with pre-historic creatures.
Stopping for a snack at the top of the bluff. SUN!! Glorious, baking sunshine. You can see a little sliver of the blue Columbia river in the distance.
Gift Shop.
Take a nap on the way home.
Then the water main in the house started to leak, so we took a break from the bathroom and worked on that. The solder looks awful, we're not winning any plumbing technique awards, but it's not leaking.
Back to the bathroom!! After much filling, painting, caulking and OCD, the bead board is done. All we need now are the shelves, the cabinet and the mirror.
We decided to move the girls into the larger room together and while all the furniture was being moved, we decided to paint. I added a couple of light fixtures above their beds. I'm so proud, I wired them all by myself!
Cooper's 4th Birthday!
April is Autism Awareness month and Sammy has a new t-shirt to show her support.
We took the kids to La Conner for the Tulip Festival.
Then we drive out to Vantage to see the Ginkgo Petrified State Park. They had some petroglyphs displayed
An amazing poster I need.
We did the 3 mile hike to see the petrified chunks of wood. They're safely kept in stone and iron vaults in the ground. It's very cool to see they were so many different kinds of trees preserved, it's hard to imagine the desert looking like a vast forest filled with pre-historic creatures.
Stopping for a snack at the top of the bluff. SUN!! Glorious, baking sunshine. You can see a little sliver of the blue Columbia river in the distance.
Gift Shop.
Take a nap on the way home.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Yellow Soap
Well darn. The soap turned yellow. Fragrance was called Egyptian Amber and it just turned bright yellow the moment it hit the raw soap.
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