Excuses for not Blogging

Spring is suddenly upon us the days are so beautiful and warm
I have been so busy with all of my work
Many farm chores
Preparing gardens
Starting seeds
Homeschooling freedoms
Caring for others children
... and all the cleaning that goes with having this life...but
Yesterday afternoon my girls were barefoot outside!

Here are some pics from our adventures

meeting a fancy star of the show chicken and did you know Barred owls only weigh about 3lbs and can carry away a raccoon!

a little time to celebrate our 10th wedding Anniversary

new shelves in the kitchen felled and milled from our own butternut tree

Hubby's fine craftmanship

Z wanted to know how the water for our well go into the ground

This is her drawing of the water cycle

games and puzzles

main lessons

Walks on the farm

Barred Rock up at our doctor's office... Yes our doctors office has chickens!

I haven't figured out his breed but boy is he pretty and feisty

The farm nearby

Gravity... how children gravitate to throwing rocks in the pond...

who wants to sit in front of a computer!

last weekend we...

created


with some new craft supplies

played

one of Z's friends came over for the afternoon

relaxed

acquired

the Shulkin family had great taste and they passed it on to us... lucky us!

heated

Anthony modified his solar thermal heating system and added a closed loop which will heat our house water as well as our radiant flooring. This is a picture of the tank open and you can see the copper coil tubing in the solar heated tank. Amazing guy!

salvaged

We lost a few trees in the winter, a maple, pear, and apple. Here Ant and his dad are milling the pear to finish the dining table.

crafted

revered

ENJOYED OUR LIFE

A new 95 year old play table

We had to take down a old ash out in the yard and one (or a few) of the pieces are being put to good use to make furniture. Here the girls are helping Daddy polish the table with bees wax polish.


nice. Now I just have to convince him to make some little benches or chairs.