Saturday, August 23, 2008

We are Chicken Farmers

Because we have so much free time, and we love fresh, organic eggs, we decided to get chickens! Some friends of ours with a large flock graciously gave us a few of their layers and sold us one of their nifty homemade "Arks" - a great summer coop.
Here's the set-up. The red shed in the background will soon be converted into a winter coop.

Sam checks the voltage of the electric netting.

A few of the girls in the ark.

Stephen really wanted an omelet for breakfast.

"I'll lay you an egg when I'm good and ready!"

Peckin' around.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

R.I.P. Henry

1999 to August 5, 2008
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Henry was such a strong presence in our home; it's really hard not to have him around! We are especially sad that he met such a sudden and violent end (he was killed by some animal in our woods - a fisher cat or fox, probably). He stayed so close to home that we assumed we would have many more years with him. But, we are glad for the 7 1/2 years that he spent with us. He was well loved and cared for, and we are left with tons of entertaining memories and pictures!

He was such a pretty cat, yet would strike the most ridiculous poses!

He often insisted on being on our chairs or desks, even if we did undignified things to him while he was there.

And he got along well with our other critters.



We miss you, Henry!