These critters are all over the place in Miami!
Fun to watch and catch...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Bag O Turd?!
Hmm, why is there a cat turd, in a plastic bag, on my work bench in the basement?!?!
Oh, Emilie!!!
Sunday, March 05, 2017
Happy 80th Birthday Dad!
Happy 80th birthday day! Quite a milestone! Stay strong and keep fighting the fight!
Heading Back to School!
Well, I've decided to go back to school. Apiary school that is!
Classes started the end of January and are scheduled to run ten weeks to the second week of April. Every Tuesday evening 7:00 - 9:00PM at the local agricultural school.
Fascinating to say the least!
An expensive hobby to get started, and one that requires quite a bit of time. I can handle the time requirements, it's the cost that I'm not so sure about. Me thinks I need to find less expensive hobbies.
A New Pecking Order
Oliver the king!
At just a mere 8-weeks he's already taken over and rules the roost. Poor Trixie-dog, doesn't know what end is up...
Calcium Supplement
We continue to save our egg shells, and once dried, smash them up to be added to the chickens diet. What a great way to re-purpose and reuse, not to mention the calcium benefit the ladies will get from them too. It's a win win for everyone!
Spring Signs
The weather here in New England has been as crazy as ever! We've hit new record highs in the mid-sixties and near record lows, all within a couple days of each other. Ah, good ole New England!
The warmer temps have certainly had an effect on everybody and everything!
Two nights ago, when the temps were in the 50's, you could hear the Spring Peepers singing away down back. One of my all time favorites!
The Snowdrops have popped up too, seemingly overnight, and dot the drab winter colors throughout our property.
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Chicken Fingers?!
With warmer weather comes melting snow. With melting snow muddy ground. With muddy ground comes many a foot, paw and claw prints.
Welcome To The Frye Household Oliver!
Oliver is a 6-weeks old Maine Coon Cat.
He was Emilie's birthday gift.
YES, we need our heads examined!
Trixie-dog isn't too keen on this little guy.
We keep trying to tell her to befriend him now, as Maine Coon cats are known to get BIG.
We expect him to be bigger than Trixie-dog when all said and done...
My Garage Punishment!
The winter months is when we spend time adjusting, cleaning, waxing and even modifying our motorcycles. My bike needed a good cleaning from top to bottom! The last time I rode it we got caught in the rain and was covered with sand and dirt and water stains all over. Well, it had been a couple months since I had been to the garage and my riding buddies were expressing their displeasure.
This is what I walked into last week when I made my first appearance. Empty soda and beer cans and rags on, in and around my bike. Empty boxes, used oil and oil filters all balanced on the lift.
So, the first hour of my first day in the garage was spent cleaning my lift and the area around it...
Yeah, I've Got Issues...
There's plenty of evidence of my OCD! Sadly, it everywhere and this is just one example, the chickens and rabbits water jugs all filled and aligned neatly by cap color in the basement by the back door.
Fresh Coop Nesting Hay
The girls, as curious as cats sometimes, couldn't wait to checkout the new hay in their nest boxes.
They approve!!
Getting A Jump On The Garden
In total I removed about 2.5 landscape barrels (the big industrial size) of coop bedding. A nice mixture of chicken manure, rabbit manure, leaves, straw and hay, all nicely mixed.
I filled the barrel half way and made five separate trips, dragging it atop the snow approximately 100', to our main garden. Once there I spread it all evenly on top of the snow covered garden. Hoping to capitalize on the wet compost and melting snow to seep the nutrients into the soil ahead of the Springtime tilling.
Talk about a workout...
Snowy Stroll
Let the girls out for a stroll while I cleaned the bedding and nest boxes in their coop.
I had snow-blown a path out to the coop, as well as a circular path in front of the coop for the dog to run around on. This worked out well at keeping the girls from foraging too far. They like to go behind the coop but I don't like it. Although, there is plenty of room, enticing leaves and underbrush to search in, it's also wooded and often times they're hard to keep an eye on. I don't want them in the flower beds but would prefer they stay in front of the coop.
Happy Birthday Emilie 2017!
Ice cream cake for the birthday girl!
15 already, where has the time gone?!
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