Amusing

Danielle’s Picking Her Next Kayak…

Nov 8th, 2010 | By
Danielle’s Picking Her Next Kayak…

My two year old daughter, Danielle, loves books.  She can’t read yet but she loves looking at the pictures.  When she finds a book she loves she’ll carry everywhere through the house.  Last week it was “The Little Big Book for Moms.”   Yesterday, it was “Kayaks of Greenland.”  Bookmark on [...]



First Eggs!

Aug 10th, 2010 | By
First Eggs!

Last night I went out to the coop to shut “the girls” in for the night and found our first three eggs!  They ignored the nice nestboxes I made for them and just laid them in the deep bedding that covers the floor of the coop. This morning, when I [...]



Gorham kids building cardboard kayaks

Jun 10th, 2010 | By
Gorham kids building cardboard kayaks

I guess I’m not the only one building kayaks up here!  I wonder how many sank.  Maybe next year I could come in and give them some pointers.  They could make some stitch and glues out of cardboard that would perform and look better than those pointy boxes.  Still, great [...]



Chickens: +6 Weeks

May 12th, 2010 | By
Chickens: +6 Weeks

Hard to believe that Christine brought the chicks home six weeks old today.  They have grown so much since the last post.  The biggest weighs in at about two pounds.  The smallest is just over one pound.  Three of them have really started developing brightly colored wattles and combs and [...]



I thought the calendar says April?

Apr 28th, 2010 | By
I thought the calendar says April?

So why does the outside look like it should say it’s February? We woke up this morning to find that good ole Mother Nature played another trick on us.  We had 6″ of snow on the ground by 6:00 AM.   It’s just past noon and we have another 6″.  [...]