Happy Easter

 Wishing everyone a happy Easter. He is Risen.

Seems we are having an early spring. Tons of robins and finches flying around. We saw pelicans in the Salmon river again yesterday when we were in the L/C valley. Wish I had taken my camera but I will put one up from last yr, looks about the same lol.

Chuck Crawford  passed away and we got a call from his sister yesterday. He passed 1 yr. and 31 days after my mother. They were together for around 21 yrs.

Weather wise we have had just about everything, some times all in one day. Sun, fog, hail, snow, rain and so on. On this Wed. past it hailed off and on all day with high winds. Thursday was hail, rain, snow and then sun in the evening.

It is supposed to be nice today with sun and a high of 48 deg. F. No rain/snow again until this coming Wed.

Dh has been getting the chick area's of the barn ready, new chicks coming. 24 Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks. Along with Red broilers. We haven't raised the broilers before. We are including the ones for the neighbor as he doesn't have a place for his. Also hope we can still get 4 turkey chicks, 2 for us and 2 for them. Been harder this year to get turkey's. The turkeys might be into the farm store today, but first come first serve unless you order 2 dozen. All we want is 4. And couldn't order the Cornish Xrocks as normal.

Take care all.

Time Marches On. lol

 Yep, here we are in March again. Wasn't it just March 2023?

We will be ordering new chickens in a week or two. Also going to do Cornish X-Rocks for meat birds maybe a couple of turkeys as well. The neighbor wants some as well and raise them with ours for a while as he doesn't have a place for them.

We have to get the barn areas ready for them first. Lay down pine shavings, and set up the feeders and etc. It means lots of trips to the barn for a few weeks but it's always nice in the end.

We have had snow, cold, warm ups, mud, then cold, snow, sleet, rain, and then it starts over again.

Last small snow fall and the creek is running.

After 30 years we had to replace our dryer. Didn't like the cost but it is needed for certain times of the year. Oh well.

Did a lot of sewing last week. Cloth wallets.

Aprons, already sent off to a daughter.

February Almost Gone

It seems is never takes long for a month to fly by.

The weather can't seem to make up it's mind. We are melting again. It was like his last time we had a El Nino winter. Back to mud. lol. It will be in the 40's all the rest of this week yet and then by Monday back to low 30's and snowing again.

Not much going on at this time of year that's for sure. We're doing family history, normal chores and sewing. 

I just got my new book up on Amazon.com

Silver What Was, What is

Kindle

Paperback

Both can be seen on the same Amazon page and links are on the right top of the page for either one.

The price went up last time I put up my short story, so books are a little more expensive then they used to be. What isn't it seems.

Blizzard Time.

 Yep, we're in the middle of a blizzard right now this PM. Only tomorrow is supposed to be even worse with 55 mph wind gusts. Good thing we don't have to go anywhere until Wednesday. Well, I don't but hubby does on Wednesday. Thursday is also a going to the valley day.

On this past Sunday I found that the pipe that connects to the double sink on the left side had come off. We had plastic containers under there to hold cleaners and so on so that caught most of the water, thank goodness.

We've ben working on family history as normal for us and for a distant cousin that popped up and needed help.

I've been sewing, knitting and writing. I do that in between household chores and other things.

Adult two pocket aprons

                                                   Adult

                                             Childs Apron

                                               Child hat

                             Simple twin bed quilts with left overs still need backing.