A Green Easter After All!

Well, Mary got her wish! No more snow here!! Check out these pics from this morning meshed together with ones from this evening:

Cool Huh? Thanks for reading!! (.....more like looking;))

I'm Dreaming of a Green Easter...

I hope the Easter bunny packed his snow shoes, that's all I'm saying...

Have a blessed Easter everybody!

Going on a walk with a camera!!

Going on a walk with a camera today!!

                                I followed this bird everywhere and finally got a half-decent one.

                                                      Perla and her lovely fish lips. 

                     Mae-Mae and her laziness.

                           I'm going through the horse pen, as you can see. (This horse can't. This is Lady, our blind horse).

The boys' tree fort that they made two years ago. Keep up the good work, boys!!!

                                 Baby is quite a baby, He didn't even want to look at the camera.

 

The goats that I milked are quite satisfied with their hay.

 

Back to the horses.   

                                                           Having nightmares, Susie? 

                                            A little late on that crow of yours, Rooster.

                                              The glories of the day keep flowing like a river.
                  Thank you all for spending some of your precious time in a day to read this post.
                                                 Comments are always read and appreciated :).  
                                                           Have a wonderful weekend to all.

An Outsider's Perspective

Hello! This is Kryzdy. I'm visiting the Homestead from Las Vegas, and I am LOVING the time I have spent so far! It was a little rough getting here, since Mary decided to call out the snow; since after a storm, I was unable to land and we returned to Chicago. I was able to catch a flight the very next day, and was welcomed into a great big family.

Everyone was there to welcome me, and made me feel like I was a part of the family; it was like coming home after a long absence. So far, I've been helping with shoveling compost into the garden, weeding, gathering the sap buckets, taking walks, playing volleyball, badminton (I got beat pretty badly), played music and gave moral support during the bee installation. I've taken a few pictures, eaten great food, and had wonderful conversations with my new, long lost family. And it's only day 3!!! We've all decided that it feels like time is flying by, but we've known each other for much longer than we have.

It was decided last night to have me write today's post, and so here I am, in the beginning of my trip telling you how much I am enjoying things. I hope to leave with a very deep friendship and to have developed strong relationships that will last me my whole life. Time will tell, but for now, I'll take it one checkers game at a time. (It's the only thing I'm good at!)

But never fear! I will be back soon, and let you know if we end up not liking each other ;-p (not really very likely). Until then, here are a few pictures from the first few days!
Enjoy!!

                                       Today we went out to gather the sap buckets.

 Playing music!

 Going for a walk.

 Saving the day.

 Basking in the sun.

 Showing off his baby.

 

Taking a break after working a bit.

After realizing I didn't have any pictures with all of us together, we all ran outside in the middle of writing this blog post to take this picture. Not bad for a spur of the moment!

Kryzdy  <3

Bees Arrived!

Our bees came in yesterday...

Michael got off to a bad start with them when he got stung in the car ride on the way home! :-/

We have another storm in the forecast, so Andrew decided to install them immediately.


He had an audience...


from the cow pen.





Hey, Baby. Nice beard! (Psst, he likes to hear that. Helps to build his self esteem.)


Second hive going in.


The bees were clustering pretty tight because of the cold, so he had difficulty getting them all out.


Hey cow. Sniff a bee?


An audience of the human nature for moral support (and even at this safe distance we were still having bees land on us!).


Bees clustering all over him and his helmet. He wasn't getting them, so...


...I took that brush and hit that cluster...

And promptly started screaming like a little girl as bees fell all around us.

Creepy, crawly, clustering, buzzing masses. Ugh!
:-P