now wait a minute, it snowed !!!! that isn't right is it?

after all i planted spinach and lettuce seeds
I JUST planted them yesterday!
i guess we got a bit of snow as bernie said he heard the plow trucks go by
i haven't looked yet.
i been hanging the last part of this load of laundry
and tending the stove which i missed yesterday as it was too warm to have the stove ON!

bernie made brownies for himself......they are now wrapped on a plate on the 'island' in the kitchen
no thaddeaus butts will be involved in bernie's baked treat this week

we had put the ducks out letting them run around a bit before we put them in the pens.
malcom was out for a while then he had to go in the basement for the day
i inspected the big pen and it's ok more or less
but muddy
while the ducks will enjoy it, the slope getting to that pen is not safe yet for humans
we spent a lazy day really
we had leftovers for lunch and BLT's for supper with bacon left over from breakfast
today i need to make soup from the turkey carcass and do some other supper things as well.
bernie got a little more rest since he's not been sleeping lately
i don't know if it's work related or what

phoebe passes a softshelled egg yesterday too
i thought that was what was going on
phoebe does that at least once a season usually when she starts laying
her mother used to as well- i would find shell less sacks of eggs laying around!
so far the baby girls haven't done that
everyone has oyster shell and granite sand so i don't know why they do that
and everyone i talked to said that poultry does that when they start up laying and when they close down for the season
phoebe is laying in a converted covered litter box......it's got hay in it now
she's happy with it as a nest box

my arm and shoulders are a bit better
but i really need to not do wood for a while
(or hay)

well i think i'll add another couple logs and see if i can't get more sleep
bernie kept me up too last night
maybe that was a good thing as i had some horrific nightmares
peoples eyes being poked out
and such......
i dreamt of war actually........ i dreamt i was watching a mash unit in the war who's personnel had all gone over into madness......
not the most pleasant huh?
and i dream in color and apparently also smells! so it really was a nightmare
it woke me up!