Heading Back
March 14, 2010 - We have so delighted in having the boys home from college this past week for spring break. Their time at home never seems long enough for us probably seems a day or two too long for them.
So with much weeping on the part of the little siblings they loaded (or rather, overloaded) a tiny Toyota of some sort and were back on the road to campus.
Those left behind took to the woods for a hike and early spring critter scout to take our minds off of the departure. This visit also ended too soon.
March 13, 2010 - The last of the Princess Bride's siblings got married today much to the delight of everyone. The weather even agreed with the occasion and decided to hold off rain and provide us with some much needed warm weather.
It also sparked a long overdue reunion of sorts for her family. I can count maybe a dozen times that I have seen all six brothers and sisters together over the last 20 years.
We wish you both a long and blessed marriage.
Embraceable You
March 12, 2010 - The Princess Bride knows that there is only a spring hunting season in our state, that you have to have at least two different kinds of camouflage for said season and that it is possible to score a turkey hunting "Grand Slam". She knows about several types of calls, weapons and cleaning them, game lands and the best times of the day to hunt.
All that Capt. Spiky Beard knows enough about knitting would take about 3.7 seconds to tell. He does know, however, that Princess Bride knits beautifully and with love.
Hand Knitted Trivet, by GED.
March 11, 2010 - Fancy Nancy has nothing on this girl. She wakes in the morning fancy, she goes to sleep fancy and every moment in-between is, well, fancy. We often find that she has gone to sleep with a sparkly head band and faux pearls on. Funny thing is she can pull it all off.
This evenings get up, of which only part is represented, Cowboy hat, veil (really a hoop skirt) faux pearls, pink hearts shawl with feather trim, magenta top and matching leggings and pink high heels. Top it all off with her brother's grabber, pincher fingykabob and there you have it.
Fancy Nancy - Pah.
Give Me Liberty
March 10, 1010 - We all took a rare mid-week holiday today to enjoy having the whole family together during spring break from college and decided to get out of Dodge.
Sometimes you learn just how little you know about a place until you visit. Case in point was to visit a nearby armed forces museum which is in a community that we knew very little about.
It is good to enjoy The State you are In.
More Than a Gift
March 07, 2010 - When is a gift more than just a gift? When it has been hand made for a particular person, for a particular time.
As you know the princess bride of the house has taken up knitting and from time to time she and her creations get a mention, perhaps even far to little mention.
This one she has been working on for months with my mom in mind. Just her color and style and just the right occasion - her birthday.
This handbag is felted, has beautiful bead-felted flowers and is skillfully lined. Designed to hold just a few essentials and make a lasting impression and too beautiful for just one picture.
The Road Home
March 05, 2010 - There are so many things that I have a better understanding of now that we have college aged kids. One of the many things that I enjoyed about being away from home was the coming back but I never really appreciated what my folks must have felt.
We posted in the January 10 edition of OTR the departure of the boys back to school. Today was the joyous homecoming. They arrived home after dark so the girls were all asleep.
It'll be pandemonium in the morning.
Jolly Roger
March 04, 2010 - This past weekend brought with it a simply lovely Sunday afternoon which we took full advantage of up at our neighborhood park.
One of the kids had been gifted a kite and was just dying to try it out. Not only is it the shape of a pirate ship but it was like a kid magnet. Now, there was not a lot of wind - occasional gusts but nothing sustained - so they had to do a fair bit of running to get it over the trees.
I'm not sure they would have had as much fun if they would have been able to make it fly the first, second or 23rd time.
March 03, 2010 - I had to do some digging but it occured to is that we haven't given you a chicken update since the
August 31, 2009 edition of OTR and so here it goes...
Like other critters you get to know a lot about them when you keep them as pets. For instance you may or may not know this but chickens have to have 14 hours of light a day in order to produce eggs and even at that you only have a few good years of laying per hen. They are incredible eggs mind you but you have to mind the girls if you want them to keep laying over the winter.
On this evenings visit to check on them I was gifted with 4 of the most beautiful eggs from our 6 layers. Thanks Ladies.
On the Hunt
March 02, 2010 - I mentioned in the
January 15 edition that we had taken up the sport of hunting so you are likely to see a fair number of posts on the subject.
There is a lot about hunting that gets you closer to Gods creation not the least of which is hiking new tracts of land and discovering what types of critters may live there by the tracks, scrapes and scat (google it) that they leave behind. The more you know about the critter you are hunting the better chances of success you have.
NLD and VMD exploring the Kirk farm. Turkeys beware.
