Eggs!

These are the eggs our chickens have been laying.

Posted by M

Chickens!

These are the latest additions to the animal population on our property. These little ladies are only 15 weeks old and as of Thursday afternoon we realized that 2 of them are already laying. One started laying last week (which was a big surprise) but when we got one egg in the morning and one in the afternoon on Thursday we knew that we must have 2 layers out there. Chickens, according to the books, can lay every 25 hours. We are delighted to have these chickens and eggcited to be getting eggs!

Ottawa

Ottawa is a beautiful place.

With some stunning architecture.

And a really cool candy store. We met a lion or two.
Chipmunk 1#Byward Market was lots of fun. Very tasty
At the museum we saw....

Man! this museum has a funky ceiling.
At the National gallery we saw.... a number of paintings by famous painters.

Sadly many of my pics are blurry.

Upper Canada Village was amazing!



Chipmunk 2# at Gatineau Park.

The science and technology museum was okay.

M.

Computer Paint

I am having fun the programs that came with our Bamboo Fun computer pen.

M.

Breakfast faces

We have been having high fibre muffins for breakfast on a fairly regular [ha ha] basis these days. Check out these faces:

Happy Face and Monkey Face! Now those are mugs that are worth waking up for.

D.

A fun little bag

I have been feeling a little crafty lately. The pattern for this bag is from Bend-The-Rules Sewing by Amy Karol.

I started it yesterday and finished it this afternoon. I like the sense of accomplishment I am feeling just now so I'm showing you the final product.

D.

An Inspiring Quote

This past week I have been reading Mrs. Miniver (by Jan Struther) and enjoying her musings about the world around her immensely. I was inspired to read it by Jane Brocket from Yarnstorm who mentioned in her book The Gentle Art of Domesticity that it was a good read. There are a number of great quotes throughout the book but this is the one that jumped out at me today:

"......it oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in the evenings, and live simply, and eat sparingly, and recover the use of our legs, and get up early enough to see the sun rise."

All things that I want more of in my life.