Spring is in the air…. and I couldn’t be happier about it.

Flowers are still popping up everywhere I look.

The tulips have sprung from the ground.          We have many different colors of Hyacinths.

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Daffodils….                                                               and more daffodils.

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Here is one of our female geese making a nest to lay her eggs. I didn’t want to get close to her and scare her off the nest so this was the best picture I could get.

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Here is the raccoon trap we put there after a few days of her eggs disappearing.

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It isn’t as if we need more geese but I feel sorry for her. She kind of reminds me of Jemima Puddle duck from the Beatrix Potter books.

Michael put up some temporary fencing around the garden so we could let all the chickens out at the same time. They sure seem to enjoy it.

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I think Michael likes it too.

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For Pi Day of the Century I made two pies.

Peach, from canned peaches.

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And Lemon Meringue.

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Both pies were new to me. I will probably not make the Lemon Meringue again only because I’m the only one who loves lemon desserts and I just can’t eat a whole pie by myself. I gave it the old college try but only managed two pieces.

Last but not least, here are the boys carting off a dead Nutria. Michael had shot it (they are invasive, very damaging and the state of Oregon doesn’t like them) and the boys decided to skin it. Dylan was supposed to have the expertise in this area but he ended up having to go take a shower when he cut a little too deep in the area of the guts. Yuck.

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Just a little sampling of our adventures on our farm.

Have a great day,
Karen