Everybody's Happy - Especially, Morgan, Our Sweet Dog

Morgan and the chickens spent the day outside. The hens were happy to get out of the pen and Morgan was glad she didn't have to wear the t-shirt. I was happy I didn't have to worry about Morgan licking her bum.

Morgan doesn't have anymore problems and after spending yesterday sleeping all day she was active and playful. She wanted to nuzzle the chickens but they didn't want to play. They just wanted their scratch.

The chickens and Morgan followed me along a path I raked yesterday. I relented and came back to the shed and got some scratch for the hens. Poor Morgan didn't get a treat because I forgot... no kibble in my pockets.

I did some painting on the inside of the cabinets and some touch up where needed. I didn't put a door on the corner cabinet because I am always opening and shutting it to get at the veggies in the basket or the iron skillets.

I decided that getting some magnetic cabinet door catches would make my life happier. I have one cabinet door that always stays closed tightly when I shut it, but the other doors hang open to greater or lesser degrees. I have found that if I pull up a bit on the bottom corner of the door opposite the hinge then the door will stay closed. But the next time I open it the door is hanging open an inch or so.

Next I will move up and work on the upper cabinets. They have a coat of primer on them, but I need to add some trim work before I start painting. No cabinet doors up there... open shelving. My reward for finishing the kitchen cabinets will be to paint some walls. Painting walls are fun!


I thought I would add a photo of my solution to shutting out the sun in the sewing/computer room. I don't like curtains and since there are no houses around I don't need them for privacy. But, sometimes I need to block the sun from heating up the room and shining on the computer.

Kristine had some white foam boards around that she didn't want so one day I put one in the window. Works great! Blocks the sun and in the winter I have used the boards to block the cold when there is snow and cold temps outside.

The boards are easy to put in and take off and easy to store against a wall. Maybe I should have curtains, but I like the view without.

Peek at the Past

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(July 30, 2009)

I still have scraps to make into another quilt.

[6 eggs today]

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Celery In The Morning!

[2 breakfast eggs] + 3 = 5 + 1 = 6

I'm feeding the chickens grower so I do expect the egg production

to decrease. I'm feeding the grower to get rid of it

since they really don't need it in the summer.

I feed the grower

in the winter to give the chickens extra energy to combat the cold.

We do not heat the coop unless the temperature falls very, very low.

This year we did not heat it at all, even when it snowed.

Our chickens are winter hardy breeds.

Good chickens!

This is what I saw when I walked in the kitchen this morning.

Celery... yikes!

I don't have much kitchen counter so when it comes to having

stuff sit around I''m always looking to free up space.

The window has a metal bottom with a drain so plants

can be watered and I thought why not?

So, I put stuff up there that needs to drain.

Works great!

As long as I don't forget stuff up there

like I did the celery last night.

Woops!

Here are the girls getting a treat last night

with Morgan supervising.

Well, I really don't know what she is thinking,

but I know she doesn't want the vegetables.

The veggie scraps were on the paper plate that you can barely

see behind the feeder. I don't know how the hens

dumped the scraps and moved the paper plate.

Such a neat job!

I guess they would rather eat off the blue plastic

than the paper plate?

Have a great day!

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