killdeer babies and spring days

David holding killdeer chicks

This afternoon David came in from the field and told us to come out and see something that he found. So we all ran out there to see these little fuzzy killdeer chicks. They are so cute. I held one of them. That was the first time I had ever held one of these tiny baby birds. Killdeer chicks are different than other baby birds. Most birds hatch without any fuzz and stay in the nest. Killdeer hatch with fuzz like a baby chicken and are ready to run around right after they hatch. It is so fun to watch them run after their parents. This has been the most wonderfullest of springs! I have been enjoying everyday of it. The past few days are starting to feel like summer.

very warm in the day and thunder storms at night.

On sunday we planted our field of corn.

This whole field is now planted in all corn. It is the corn that we use for baking and cook with. And feed for the chickens and pigs.

It was so much fun to all be out there planting seeds.

David made a place to plant the corn

Then Enoch and Nathanael put four seeds in place.

Daddy, Hannah and I covered them up.

Now there is about one thousand mounds out there that have four corn seeds in them waiting in the ground, getting ready to grow into corn plants. I think seeds are so amazing. Just think of everything that is in one seed. It is just amazing! Our God is amazing! I am so glad He made all these things for us to enjoy.

We worked out there all day. It was a little cloudy in the morning. By afternoon the sun was really shining. Now I have red arms and neck.

The new fencing came, so now the all animals are out on the grass.

Autumn is getting used to getting milked off the stand.

Shwanli and...

Hopli

are used to being milked out in the pasture.

It has been really nice having fresh goat's milk again.

Picnic with Nephews...

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord

Oh how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Thy word is very pure: there fore thy servant loveth it.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is truth

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in His ways

Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto His name for it is pleasant.

O give thanks unto the Lord for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever

Pictures

On friday I did a big cleaning of the kitchen. Here are some pictures of it all clean. Next friday I am going to take pictures of the same. No matter how messy or clean the kitchen is and post them on my blog. So we'll see how clean I can keep the kitchen in one week.

This is our sweet little doe Autumn. She is going to have her first freshening in the first or second week of april. I think she is going to have one kid. We did not want her to get bred but she jumped in the bucks pen!

Here is Shwanli. She is due in May I think she will have alot of kids.

Shwanli and Autumn

Our shetland sheep

Here is Shneahopli

she is also due in May.

Our three cows: Mocha's Heifer,Lilac and Mocha

Laundry drying in the wind and sun

Today's doings/pics

It was so sunshiny all around! We are tapping! David is working for the neighbor taping their trees and boiling down their sap this year as well as our own. We will boil our sap in their evaporator. That is going to be very nice. My older sister and her boys came so Buddy can learn about taping the maple trees. It was so much fun to watch him put the spiles in after his Uncle David drilled the hole. And then Buddy would "pown-pownd" the spile. Izzy who was watching wanted to do it so buddy gave him a turn. I would have posted some pictures of them doing it but my older sister took the pictures with her camera. After that Mama, Hannah, my older sister and her boys all went out to town. My sister only has five seats in her car so me and hannah had to choose which one of us was going to go with mama and our sister. I went the last time so hannah went this time. R said that that was fair because then they could find birthday gifts for me! My birthday is on the twelfth. So that worked out well. Me and my two younger brothers cleaned the house. It is allways nice to clean when every one is away! David went down to the neighbor's to help them put their taps in. And Daddy had to go to one of the nearby towns. So me and my brothers had the whole house to ourselves. We were scrambling around and getting every thing in it's place. Our House gets really cluttered in the winter. Does yours? Now it looks like a white tornado went though and picked everything up and put it far away. I hope everything never comes back!

After all our work was done. We made some maple candy.Like the little House in the big woods kind. Where you heat it up to the right temp and put it on snow and then eat it. Enoch wanted to make it in celebration of the sap running. I hung some laundry up. David came home. R, mama,Hannah and the little boys came back from town. R. (my older sister) gave me a early birthday gift. A dark brown spring shawl, a comb and hair lotion, She knows what I like! Oh and some 5 gum.

I am sure that hannah got a gift. She said "Grace don't look in my shelf upstairs!" I have a really hard time waiting for my birthday to come! On my twelfth birthday I knew all my gifts. It is fun to keep it a secret when I know what I am getting! Me, Hannah, Enoch and Nathanael went skiing this evening. We went to this hill that is steep and icy. First Enoch went down, then Nathanael,then I went and crashed in the middle. While there, Hannah came down after me, She was coming so fast that I could not move. We collided. And the resulting injuries are my ski pole is broken and Hannah's thumb is sprained. I am going to fix my pole will duct-tape. Do you thing Hannah could fix hers with duct-tape? We came home after skiing and daddy was home. David was making potato fries for dinner. We had them with home made asian pork and duck sausage, poached eggs, and bread.

While dinner was being made I finnish a skien of yarn that I started yesterday evening, I am thinking of making a pair of mittens for my friend.

It's snowing!

I'm so glad!

Night sky...

To night the stars are so bright and beautiful! I went out to Duda's hill to lay down and gaze up at the large expanse of the heavens. I am always in awe of my Creator when I look at His handiwork! Tonight I saw two very beautiful falling stars. I wanted to stay out there to wait for more but it is so"brr" out there so... I remembered my warm pillow and blankets upstairs,the cookstove in the kitchen and knew that I should be there. And because tomorrow is Daddy's birthday

and we all are getting up early to clean and tidy the house. For my sister and her family are coming for dinner of squirrel stew, hubbard, cheese, mama's bread, and what ever we think of more tomorrow... so I better go...Gute Nacht!

Psalm 19

¹The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

²Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

³There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

⁴Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

⁵Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

⁶His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

harvesting

Yesterday we went wild blackberry picking

we pick alot! and got scratched

Finally the tomatoes are ripening

I made chili with some of them for dinner

with the rest we are going to make salsa

for the first time I grew eggplant.

I got the seed from my older sister.

The one in the picture is the second one I have picked.

There are more coming on.

We are going to the village market today.

So I better go and get ready to go!

Yesterday I also got some really nice boots From Junque & Necessities