I'm enjoying every moment of this part of the season and I hope that spring stays around for as long as possible. Once summer hits, it's gonna be like living in an oven inside of a sauna. We were going to get rid of the above ground pool, part of the pump broke and some pipes need to be replaced. But the more I think about how hot it's going to get in the summer, the more I think I'd like a cool place to get some relief from the heat. But before we get the pool in order, the greenhouse must be built!
This week we will be getting our little greenhouse for our test site. I'll be starting to sow the first of the seeds- indoors of course. First I have to quickly finish the quilt I started so that my work table is all ready for the baby plants. Finishing one kind of sewing to move onto another kind! We will also have to go and get our baby fish, called fry or fingerlings. They will need a few weeks in the tank to get the water full of yummy nutrition for the plants, so while they are working on that, the baby plants will start to grow safe and sound in my studio.
In chicken news, Wanda has been having a slumber party for the past two nights with one of her sisters. I've been keeping the chickens in their run a lot more lately because I'm just so tired of chicken shit EVERYWHERE. And then it gets in the treads of your shoes and then you track it indoors and though we are very good about taking our shoes off at the door, it's still smelly. Also, Atticus eats a lot of it. Which is just disgusting. Anyway, so the girls have been kept in their chicken run lately. Except for a few of them who have figured out how to get out! At first I was not sure how they were doing it- was there a hole in the fence that I missed? Door left ajar? Nope! They are flying over the gate. They flap up to the top of the gate and then flap down the other side. There are two to three girls doing this but only one decides she doesn't want to bunk with the others and has started bunking with Wanda. They don't snuggle or anything- Wanda likes her nesting box for sleeping (even though Aaron made her a beautiful perch for roosting) and the other chicken likes to sit on a shelf by the light switches. I'll have to come up with a new pen for the chickens because soon I'll need that space Wanda is living in for my chicks. Yes, that's right! In the next few weeks I'll be getting some pullets- which are young chickens a few weeks old. I'll be getting a bunch more guinea fowl too.
In creative art news, I'm still learning the art of book making and still enjoying it. There is a set process to it and I'm still working on that. I decided the best way for me to approach this was to just make little books the same way over and over again so that I master one process before moving onto a different technique. It's a challenge, but I enjoy it!
I'm also (as I mentioned before) working on finishing a quilt. I found the pattern in a book from the library and it's called diamonds and crosses I think. It's scrappy and I'm doing it in very trendy colors. I'll post a photo once I'm done.
Of course I'm still painting and drawing. Most recently I've been working on the logos and title for our farm business. Here's what I have so far:
This is what we would use for stationary and other things that just need a simple design. I think I'll flip the leaf so that the darker half is on the bottom….
This one is still in sketch form. When I'm done, it will be a full watercolor painting and I hope it will end up being our main logo on our products and our vehicles.
Well, that's it for now! I usually have a lot of photos to share but I've not downloaded any in a while so I'll make that a separate post later.
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