Monday, 3 August 2026
Today started early. Arya’s volleyball practice started up today, which of course runs from 0600 – 0800, which means we (well, one of us and Arya anyway) are up at 0500 to get her there.
A happy, but sleepy Arya, is ready to go to practice!
Sunday 2 August 2026
Another soccer practice. Randal enjoys being a big kid and playing as the goalie, just like big brother Evan!
Morning chicken video!
Sat August 01, 2026
Smolder started out the day, as he usually does, by laying in the middle of the nearest walkway that he can find. He likes to ambush feet that are coming by.
27 July 2026
I managed to grab the other two turkey poults that were finally out and about. Here they are, chilling in a pot until I got their new living area set up in the chicken tractor.
We have another hen who is sitting on a clutch, hiding behind our A/C compressor. We will keep an eye on her, I expect they should be hatching any time now!
Light Brown mama hen is on patrol. She isn’t very happy with us at the moment, and will rush the kids if they get too close to her.
Garrett is all packed up and ready for one of his journeys!
Arya was at volleyball tryouts, so I dragged the littles to Scouts with me. Garrett and Randal had a great time in the play kitchen area. Evan was less than thrilled, but he got to play chess, so partial win for him.
Goats gonna goat. Baby goats hanging out in their play house because they can.
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25 July 2026
Randal had a great birthday party today. He was so excited all day!
I can’t really describe how excited he was, and he was super cute opening his presents! So here you go, his super cuteness attack is just below!
30 June 2026 (13 June – 30 June 2026)
It’s funny how time flies. I went with Jarek and Arya to Scout Camp at Camp Shands this year, from the 14th to the 20th of June. After we got back, it took us a little bit to recover, and of course keeping up with all the usual activities the blogging fell of. Well, no time like the present to catch up!
A gosling that hatched on 13 June.
11 Jun 2026
This awful picture was the best I could do of a red crested woodpecker that was happily pecking away at the oak tree while Meagan and I were doing animal chores this morning. It is about 30x zoom, and since my arms were not in fact a tripod, it’s a bit shaky.
10 June 2026
We started off this morning with a new gosling! It had got itself out of the shell overnight. With this batch of eggs, I tried a different technique, keeping the humidity lower, and it has been working out much better. The last several egg batches had very poor hatch rates (12%), so we gotta find a way to get these numbers up!
9 June 2026
Today was largely a recovery day for Jarek. He was in the throws of the cold, and skipped swimming. Evan was off to Soccer practice instead of swimming for a three hour camp. Arya came back from swimming, then headed out to a Grandma day with Grandma!
I cut open my rosemary loaf this morning, and it came out quite well. My harshest critic, Meagan, who told me she didn’t like rosemary in bread, said that she did, in fact like it! Highest complement indeed!
8 June 2026
Baby goats playing with mama!
A busy day today, Swim practice in the morning, music lessons in the afternoon, and Scouts in the evening, with plenty in between!