so much for spring huh?

we got snow

again
when the duckies went out in the morning to the day pen
brown hard frozen ground........

when they came in at night
magically the world was all white again

they rushed the door.........

hahahaha
duckies crack me up

meanwhile
in the morning when i first went to go down
a small rooster was sitting on the basement stairs......... they are too old and big for their brooder now
i have been taking turns putting some in with the older girls

and some of the babies put themselves in with the older girls

marguerite hasn't killed anyone
and if she does chase them a bit
i can always call her and she knocks it off to come running to me

i love that chicken

i have some odds and ends canning to do
and i also need to scan some family pictures and send them to my cousin

i did indeed get an answer to the felted dinner plate slipper problem from the wonderful owner of fiber trends......
yup i screwed up
i had two strands of yarn for the cuffs not one
so they did felt tight but not pull in

i can tell you all i highly

HIGHLY

recommend fibertrend patterns
especially to beginners
and i will tell you to follow them exactly and TRUST her

she knows what she is talking about

plus she is a seriously nice person to boot

and the upshot on the blue slippers.......... even after having stitched them up tighter and cut and nipped and tucked

they are still not wearable
i am going to put straps on them i think of elastic
and see if that helps

if not

well i am going to make a second slipper and cut those tops off
since the soles are great and also i put that dip stuff on the soles

a bit more stitching i guess


today it's going up to 40
i can't get the woodstove going

it looked like bernie STARTED to stoke it this morning and then..........

just left

he's got that plague i had and he is sick... really sick

let me see.....

oh we had breaded pork chops for supper last night, of the batch i breaded and froze last weekend..
i am now sorry i didn't get another three packages..........they were THAT good

i think we are all caught up now......

thaddeaus is about bald, but very cheeky yet
everyone here except the birds all had colds

the birds are all fine
but us and the cats are running around sneezing
oye

til next time