A work day

We spent the Saturday at Farmer Zara's working on the chicken house....OK, really Kyle worked on the chicken house. We hung out and fetched boards....and cuddled the kitty!
Zara has a new barn cat named Miles Davis, he was a big hit with some of our crew.

He looks a little annoyed here because of his frost-bitten ears, but trust me, he was loving hte attention!

So cute! Can you tell I want him??

A good time was had by all, and lots of work was done. The coop is not quite finished, we need to acquire more foam insulation. It is mostly there though and there is a plan for the rest. It isn't supposed to snow anytime soon so we can return next weekend.

birds

I went with Abbie's class yesterday to Creamer's Field. We visited the bird banding station again, and got to use some binoculars to check out the hordes of cranes and geese. The staff and volunteers out there are really great, even though the classes go out there pretty often they are never bored. Always something new to see and learn!

BOING!

A blast from my past:

When I was a very little girl, I used to play with my cousins (and Uncles!) on an inner-tube much like this one. So much fun! Until you fly off or land on the fill stem.....oh well that didn't happen in this picture sooooooo, we will stick with just the fun part!
Many thanks also to Uncle Bill, who dropped off such a bouncy donut!

Weekend

This is a catch up post of funny foodie things....Liam got to go bird hunting with Kyle and Clinton last weekend and shot a spruce hen! So this weekend we ate it. :) Kyle just brought home the breast portion and because it was shot with bird shot, I decided to stew it first. (With fresh sage from my garden.)

I'm game, hehehe!
It has a very dark meat flavor, but very tasty and I couldn't find any pellets. We ate it shredded the next night in burritos.

Kyle had this tasty beverage leftover from our last Anchorage trip:

He requested a chocolaty dessert to go with it, I can do that for a sip! This is what I chose:

A hot fudge pudding cake, recipe from Cooks Illustrated. It was very good, especially with some vanilla icecream. A perfect end to the first week of school!

First day of school

School starts

It is time for school again up here, this year we will have kids at Weller Elementary and Tanana Junior High. Hopefully all the timing will work out!
Liam got to pick up his schedule today and try out his locker. We finally figured it out with the help of some older students and re-connected with some old friends. He only allowed me on picture, outside :)

Abbie also got to find out about her new teacher and classroom. She will have Mrs. Hovda in room 10. Liam also had her for second grade. And ice cream!

Hot

Edit: I wanted to clarify, I made my new shirt ;) and did you notice the shot from above?? I tried to get the thermometer registering 94, but you couldn't see my shirt at all in that one. A little too oooo-la-la!

We had record breaking temperatures yesterday (91!!), I think that means I need a new shirt!