Sprouts Day Two

Morgan napping on the porch today taking a break.

She has been doing a lot of barking today and yesterday.

Guess she is tired out from all the excitement.

Second day of the lentil sprouting experiment. I put a paper napkin on top because the lid doesn't close all the way.

I rinsed the lentils twice today with the filtered water. The water does get mirky in between rinsing. I did a little more reading and evidently the rinsing is important to keep the sprouts from molding.

Duh... I could have figured that out when I saw the mold. So, I need to rinse for a good reason, not just to keep the water looking clear and sparkly. OK

Little Messy Missy asked for a close up photo of my egg basket. So, here is a link to a picture (My egg basket when the chickens were young and laying lots of eggs.) Those were the days!

It is going to be in the 60's tomorrow! I can see myself actually getting something done outside. I'm very glad there will be some warm weather.

Peek at the Past

(March 14, 2009)

Country Mouse

I suppose we have mice around here,

but this is the only time I have seen one or any evidence.

Maybe we have sneaky mice?

I still have and use the Photo Drop widget. I found it originally at Apple dashboard widgets but I don't see it there anymore. I suppose if you really wanted it you could find it on the internet somewhere. I'm afraid to download stuff from sites I don't know. 

(4 eggs today)

~:>

Smiles

Eggs in a Basket

Today I think I collected some of yesterdays eggs along with the eggs laid this morning. Makes a nice basket almost full. I like this little collapsable basket. I used to have a wire chicken basket that was cute to look at, but was awkward to use.  I'm looking forward to the day the white paint all falls off of this wood and I can stain the coop! The time is getting close where I can scrape off the paint that is left and get to the staining. I like the weathered look, but I think the wood will hold up better if I do the staining. The chickens were standing out in the pen in the rain looking sad and dejected. They could go inside the coop... silly chickens.

So, I went ahead and let them out to run around. They are probably better sheltered under the trees than out in their pen. There was only one hen in the coop and she was sitting on a nest. She was wet, so she must have just come in to lay her egg. A group of hens headed off to congregate in the driveway on the rocks. There they got busy preening and pecking their feathers. It must be warmer in the driveway area. Rocks retain some warmth?

The other chickens headed off into the woods in groups or they were

Lone Rangers like this Light Brahma.

She ran away from me as if she thought I wanted to put her back in the coop?

When I started this blog I said that it was also about my genealogy interests, but I haven't blogged about it much except to put a bit on the sidebar listing some links. Although I am interested in my family history I do not do genealogical research. The information in the book I have is all documented so that information is correct. The information I can find on the internet is interesting but I have no way of knowing if it is documented, and I am not doing my own research yet. Someday I hope to connect with some of my family and learn more about them.
 This book is called, Nathan and Sarah ~ All Our Children, and was compiled by Sallie Stewart Harrison and Ethel Stewart Cole, published by Bill Hanson Printing, Fort Worth, Texas. When this book was printed I was busy raising Kristine and Kathleen and building a house. I do wish I had contacted these ladies back in the 70's. This book starts with my 3 times great grandfather, Nathan Meeks, b. 1802, in South Carolina and his wife, Sarah C. Jones, b. 1801, Georgia. Nathan and Sarah died in Texas. As a child I lost touch with my father and mother's family and grew up without cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. Perhaps that is why I would like to find out about my family history. I don't even have a start on information about my fathers genealogy. I think that looking into all this history could become a full time occupation so I'm taking a cautious approach. 

Smiles

[a basket of eggs]

:)