A great weekend
Ok, so it wasn't a reenactment weekend, but it was still a pretty good couple of days.
Charlie came up with Gracie, Jamie and Little Charlie to go to the Halloween event at the Fort. Mostly they wanted to go on the hayride. I personally could give or take the Halloween event at the Fort because it always bugs me to see a historic site done up in a goofy way, but it was a good excuse for Charlie and his brood to come up and visit. Caleigh had a ball with the kids, and we always like to see Charlie.
On Sunday, we went down to Putney to meet Lili the sheep girl for a tour of her farm and to pick up some surplus ducks and a cockerel. I learned a lot about sheep, and really liked her. Caleigh and the other kids had fun on the swings, and later got into the whole farm experience. The barn was cool, probably had it's roots in the 18th centruy, but has been repaired and upgraded over the years. It was sort of neat to look att he framework and see a mix of hand-hewn beams and modern laminated beams.
The ducks she gave us are gorgeous! Shiny black with green highlights and white chests. Almost like you crossed a penguin and a duck. They aren't quite getting along with our runner ducks yet, but they are getting there. With Charlie's help, we managed to get the new duck pen all ready before their arrival.
We also managed to get the outdoor rabbit hutches finished. The hutches that came with them had a wooden and plastic floor, neither of which are very practical. The new wire hutches are made by Havaheart (the live-catch trap people) and only cost $26 each. If I did the math right and Lightning did his job right, Valentina should have her litter of bunnies on Wednesday. One thing is for sure, she's enjoying her new digs.
Today I shipped the last of the orders from my "outbox". Unless Wendy has a stash of invoices up in her office, that means I'm basically caught up on orders. As soon as it went out on the UPS truck, we got ready for trick-or-treating.
Caleigh dressed up as a princess this year, specifically Cinderella. With shoes and a tierra from Wal-Mart and a hand-me-down bridesmaid dress from Gracie, she was looking good for under $10. First we stopped at Jeff and Louise's house, but they weren't home. I did get to see Jeff doe that he shot yesterday (more on that later). We then went to visit Faye and the other Jeff, who were home. After that, we went downtown to go trick-or-treating. Since we had gone visiting before hand, we didn't get to visit as many houses as last year, but it was still fun.
To us, it isn't about the candy. Halloween means you get to go ring someone's doorbell and meet them with no real excuse for doing so. This year, we met some really nice folks. One family let Caleigh use their potty and invited us in to chat a while. They own 200 head of cattle and the husband is a farrier for a living. I'd like to spend some time getting to know them, as I'm sure I could learn an awful lot of things I couldn't learn anywhere else.
We later met Dan, of Dan's Max Saver. It's the discount and tool store that we use as a landmark when giving directions to our place. Interestingly, for folks coming from south of here, we use the abovementioned guy's cattle as a landmark too!
To round out today's report, we got a call at 9PM last night from Jeff. It seems he got himself a deer this year! Without going into particulars, let's just say it's been a while. It is a doe, he shot it on the back section of his own property. He got it with his club-butt fowler that he built himself, it is all scratch built, he even hand-forged the barrel. The doe dressed out at 118lb, if memory serves me. It's hanging from a gambrel on a hoist that protrudes from the loft of his blacksmith shop. Tomorrow I'll go get a picture and find some way to tease him about it. I think I'll wander into the shop and say "My pet deer wandered off this weekend, have you seen it?..."
Charlie came up with Gracie, Jamie and Little Charlie to go to the Halloween event at the Fort. Mostly they wanted to go on the hayride. I personally could give or take the Halloween event at the Fort because it always bugs me to see a historic site done up in a goofy way, but it was a good excuse for Charlie and his brood to come up and visit. Caleigh had a ball with the kids, and we always like to see Charlie.
On Sunday, we went down to Putney to meet Lili the sheep girl for a tour of her farm and to pick up some surplus ducks and a cockerel. I learned a lot about sheep, and really liked her. Caleigh and the other kids had fun on the swings, and later got into the whole farm experience. The barn was cool, probably had it's roots in the 18th centruy, but has been repaired and upgraded over the years. It was sort of neat to look att he framework and see a mix of hand-hewn beams and modern laminated beams.
The ducks she gave us are gorgeous! Shiny black with green highlights and white chests. Almost like you crossed a penguin and a duck. They aren't quite getting along with our runner ducks yet, but they are getting there. With Charlie's help, we managed to get the new duck pen all ready before their arrival.
We also managed to get the outdoor rabbit hutches finished. The hutches that came with them had a wooden and plastic floor, neither of which are very practical. The new wire hutches are made by Havaheart (the live-catch trap people) and only cost $26 each. If I did the math right and Lightning did his job right, Valentina should have her litter of bunnies on Wednesday. One thing is for sure, she's enjoying her new digs.
Today I shipped the last of the orders from my "outbox". Unless Wendy has a stash of invoices up in her office, that means I'm basically caught up on orders. As soon as it went out on the UPS truck, we got ready for trick-or-treating.
Caleigh dressed up as a princess this year, specifically Cinderella. With shoes and a tierra from Wal-Mart and a hand-me-down bridesmaid dress from Gracie, she was looking good for under $10. First we stopped at Jeff and Louise's house, but they weren't home. I did get to see Jeff doe that he shot yesterday (more on that later). We then went to visit Faye and the other Jeff, who were home. After that, we went downtown to go trick-or-treating. Since we had gone visiting before hand, we didn't get to visit as many houses as last year, but it was still fun.
To us, it isn't about the candy. Halloween means you get to go ring someone's doorbell and meet them with no real excuse for doing so. This year, we met some really nice folks. One family let Caleigh use their potty and invited us in to chat a while. They own 200 head of cattle and the husband is a farrier for a living. I'd like to spend some time getting to know them, as I'm sure I could learn an awful lot of things I couldn't learn anywhere else.
We later met Dan, of Dan's Max Saver. It's the discount and tool store that we use as a landmark when giving directions to our place. Interestingly, for folks coming from south of here, we use the abovementioned guy's cattle as a landmark too!
To round out today's report, we got a call at 9PM last night from Jeff. It seems he got himself a deer this year! Without going into particulars, let's just say it's been a while. It is a doe, he shot it on the back section of his own property. He got it with his club-butt fowler that he built himself, it is all scratch built, he even hand-forged the barrel. The doe dressed out at 118lb, if memory serves me. It's hanging from a gambrel on a hoist that protrudes from the loft of his blacksmith shop. Tomorrow I'll go get a picture and find some way to tease him about it. I think I'll wander into the shop and say "My pet deer wandered off this weekend, have you seen it?..."
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