February Egg Count

One hundred and three eggs for the month of February. Wilma, the 'rock star' from last month finally took a much needed break. What does one household do with 103 eggs (that's 8 1/2 dozen)? We share. I gave 2 dozen eggs away last month. I love nothing more than to share homegrown food with friends and family whether it's from my garden or my backyard egg shop.

(you can click on the spreadsheet to see a bigger view)

It will be sad when the garden and chooks stop producing due to shorter days and cooler temperatures.

First weekend in Autumn

When I heard that we were getting hit with a heavy storm on Saturday, I couldn’t wait to have a lazy day indoors. The storm hit hard, it rained sideways but I didn’t care because all I wanted to do was start on the quilt I had planned to start 6 months ago.

Fortunately, I had already cut the material- 72 squares measuring 8 ½ x 8 ½ and 288 strips that are 8 ½ x 1 ½ . Now I just need to sew it all together. These things take time because, once a square is sewn to a strip, it needs to be pressed before the other strips can be sewn on.
Fortunately, I had music- hit here for video.

And, I had an ironing assistant- click here

I did have another kind of helper.

SUNNY!!!!!!

Goodbye Summer

This is what Summer sounds like around here. I took this video last week, early in the morning while going down to let the chooks out. It’s the mating sound of a Cicada, which are common throughout the warmer parts of the world, particularly the tropics. So by the end of Summer my ears hurt because they are so loud. While reading up on the net about Cicadas I read that this sound can actually cause hearing loss in humans. Now I know why I feel so deaf by the end of Summer.

Good bye Cicadas, I’ll hear you next Summer…