Between picking blueberries and cucumbers, watering, working on the tomatoes, etc., I finished this little fellow. He will finish at 8″ square and will get a mate sometime in the next week. I do enjoy getting a chance to work on projects, but often during the summer, they have to take a back seat.
There is another double batch of cucumber relish now in the refrigerator. In the morning, I will rinse it, put the rest of the ingredients in and can it.
Beau, the dog in the foreground spent some time at the vet’s on Friday. He had to have stitches in two places and they updated his shots, which were way out of date. In two weeks we go back to have the stitches out. The window that he went through to cut himself now has fencing over it. He didn’t go through glass, it was a cutout, but had a nail where screening had previously been. However, we don’t enjoy spending money at the vet’s, so have that covered.
I also went to the grocery store that day and had a physical. When chores were done, I just lay down for a bit and went to sleep and that is why no blog post.
It was hot for here today. At 95 degrees, even the bees came out to get cooled off. See the mass of black on the gray box. That is just a mass of bees. I’ll check their box again tomorrow. Maybe they need another box for ventilation. See the fellow in the background? If they see me, their is one thing on their mind: FOOD. Yes, I am the food dispenser.
After all that fun and running around this morning, I was able to spend a bit of time in the studio (where it is also cooler) this afternoon. I think I will get this fellow finished on Sunday.
It was time for “Fiber adventures” with these 4 boys as it is time to leave their mothers. They are getting old enough to be potent and dumb enough to catch any female in their area including their mother and sisters.
So I recruited a friend and her two helpers. The lambs and mothers had the run of the property in the early spring, so these lambs knew their way around. They knew there were two ways around the garage, two ways around the house and they knew the complete circle around the hoop house. So they gave us all a good adventure. These dogs were hot and tired. Moving 4 boys 400 feet away from their mother so there was a complete pasture between them was a lot of work. Here the dogs are getting to cool off after all that running.
These 4 beautiful boys are now in their new pasture where they will stay until sold. They are beautiful with nice fine fleece. However, many of the rams do not get to play the breeding game. They are kept for their nice fleeces or become BBQ.
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Farming can be interesting. Last night Lacey dug out of the pasture she was in with sheep { but if needed she could have gone back in through the same hole}. I forgot to put the chain across the gate where Beau was supposed to be attending sheep, so he was not in that pasture (though again, the door was open so he could get in if needed. 5 of the sheep went through a door to get the grain put out for them, but somehow, one of them backed into the door and closed it so the other sheep couldn’t get in and they couldn’t get out. Did I say “Farming can be interesting”? And just look at these predicted temperatures.
Guess where we’ve been again. DH is spending the night there for observation. He had some chest pressure and better safe than sorry. He will undoubtedly come home in the morning.
The boxes on the left are the best thing I’ve seen yet for the bee watering. They are coated so that they hold liquid, yet they have the slatted boards inside so the bees can land and not drown. They are meant to be able to feed the bees sugar water in times of drought, but since bees need water all summer, I think I can just put water in them and the bees can easily find it. The screens are for on top. One can just pour the liquid through them and not have to open the bee box and get the bees upset. So these came home with me.
We were delighted with another day in the sun through children’s eyes. They found a beautiful garter snake down by the pond, which after showing us, they took back to be with his family.
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Washington state quilters to finish the Sparkling snowmen
What a wonderful day this was! This great blue heron was waiting his turn at the bit of water left in the pond.
Then John showed up to put the posts in the ground for the blueberry netting, but we messed up. He thought I had the poles and I thought he was bringing them. So instead he brought the lumber for a room he is closing off in the barn.
Our daughter and two grandsons came over to visit and have fun. They loved finding these tiny frogs as we were cleaning branches etc out of the pasture.
For lunch today we had a red, white, and blue potato salad. The blue are potatoes from the garden this spring. Red peppers were in the freezer from last years harvest and the white was tofu. It was good and there will be enough for another meal.