ducks on snow

oops, first day of spring so of course it snowed here
so naturally also the woodstove is cooking away......
bernie didn't stoke it this morning
i did
i HAD planned on sleeping in.........however mr peabody had different ideas.
i caught him playing with my mom's china!
i heard the unmistakable clink of a teacup against a saucer......it woke me out of a sound sleep and sent me flying down the stairs
nothing was harmed
but i got to thinking......
mom's good china is a service of either 32, 28, 16 or 8 (i have no idea what the hell she was thinking) i am going to put together a service of 8 and sell off the rest
no one needs that much of one china
at the most i figure i will use the service for 8 (actually i KNOW i'll use for 6 and allow two more for possible breakage)
i already wrote to replacements and i am going to contact the other replacement services... i need the cupboard space, and i know mom didn't use all that china, and neither will i-but maybe someone else needs to complete their set?

meanwhile the ducks aren't too happy with mom nature today
no one WANTS to play in the heavy wet snow..... they WANT greens and worms.
kinda hard to find that under the snow....
today malcom and the little girls will go out into the two back pens
flastaff and the big girls will most likely stay near the house
or maybe i should put malcom up here and falstaff back there?
oye
i wish the winter day pens were MUCH closer to the house.

we had a nice weekend. all our meals were huge hits with bernie......
friday night was sausage heros in sweet pepper sauce (always good it seems, and one pot so great for fridays)
and since we still had hero rolls to use up
saturday we made cheese steaks on hero rolls using that leftover teriyaki beef pot roast, some freshly sauteed onions, and shredded extra sharp cheddar (out of this world!!!! really seriously good)
yesterday was ravioli and chicken with spinach in alfredo sauce
(i had time to slice the boneless chicken breasts very thin so it was very good)
and i made bernie some rice krispie treats....... hmmmmm i ate a good part of that
damn, i had a bad craving......i wonder why?
oh and i found some PUFFED MILLET! at the grocery store, which i can't wait to try i wonder if buckwheat could be puffed?
they also had puffed rice, (so everyone has that) puffed wheat and puffed CORN!
i'll pass on the corn though
i wonder if we could puff this stuff at home?

anyway in spite of the snow...... spring cleaning continues here
i didn't get to the paint store yet for trim paint for outside nor the inside paints but that will happen
we did decide on a storm door style for the front.....a 'full' view without a screen
in discussing the screen/no screen thing......i pointed out that i didn't want road dirt in the house during the summer....nor the exhausts..... so no screen it is
which means we may as well do a full view storm door
now to get one that fits our very oddly sized antique house......

we also again discussed additions etc..... the problem with some type of additions is that it would take away from the charm of this very charming little cottage ( i love cottages don't you guys?- you can keep the big over blown monster houses, nothing says home to me like a cottage)

anyway i have learned that we talk about something for like forever.......THEN we do it
so like it or not the kitchen is most likely going to happen soon and in stages.....
as we still may open that wall up into the dining room.....which i am reluctant to do if we can avoid it......as it's an original wall and i hate messing with original stuff.

i am thinking of looking into a three season room on the deck....which will do two things for us...increase the outside space and usage....PLUS work as a greenhouse!!! hahahaha
i want that greenhouse you know....but i need to be able to walk in and out without schlepping through snow sleet/rain...... THAT would work
brilliant idea i think.....no?
with screens for summer? ........ can you just see the sheer white porch curtains......
????
we spend almost all summer out on the deck as it is......

ok so now...... off i got to go to deal with irate ducks

and spring cleaning