A week of finds:

1. Grape vines for the arbor, from the Alpine sharing gardens.

2. Free canopy for Tigger, found on a craigslist ad.

3. Another bamboo pole, another roost for the birds! That's two 8' roosts for 21 birds... more than enough space!

4. We discovered we have to have a pre-hatch tracking system for broody hens. I am developing the system now. Watch for updates!

5. Sunshine! I expect to have the garden tilled by Monday evening!

6. The weed-eater has died,... long live the weed-eater.... found an electric replacement at goodwill for $10. I believe it was donated because the spool was a complete tangled mess. This proved to be an easy, simple fix.

7. Feed store only 8 miles away has the same local feed at the same price as the feed store 18 miles away!

8. Two huge saw horses. Free w/ the truck canopy!

9. Neighbor is looking for locals that will ride her horses! The Queen & Isabelle are really digging this one!

Snow, finally...

Well, we missed the snow that happened at Thanksgiving, because we visited Amanda's dad's homestead down in New Mexico. But just a couple weeks ago, we finally got snow here! It was beautiful! the roads were nice and covered for two days! Jack told some slippery tales about his pump truck, and we had a "fun" drive home from Eugene The night of the snow. But all in all, the homestead looked beautiful in the snow! We brought out the sled, but never actually used it for anything but a h older for snowballs and a shield against snowballs! Isabelle made a cute snow-cat, and Tigger had a winter coat on! The kitten (Ocie) had fun frolicking, since it was her first snow. All-in-all, I gotta say it was good! :)