I so enjoy my garden! Patrick went to the nursery with me. Tina the gal that runs it was so very helpful. Her place is called "Budda Bing Budda Bloom"...cute isn't it!?! I am looking forward to visiting her again this spring...it is just around the corner. Yippee!
The pictures here show the before and after of my pond. I had gone in shopping and when I came home it was well under way...a nice surprise!
This is "Tricia's Fountain" as Ron and Pam call it. We put it in last spring. If you look close you will see the goldfish in the pond. They have wintered pretty well...there are four out of 9 left. I am hoping to add to it this year. I would like to settle the rocks more around the pond and maybe lay down some sand and set the flat stones in better.
You have heard me talk about these two girls...McKenzie on the left and Shelby on the right. They are the daughters of Darryl and Carm...our Alpha group leaders. The girls are very involved in 4 H Club. Shelby showed this heifer, Iris, last summer and took home all the trophies! All three girls are beautiful, don't you think! Just thought I would mention...Kenz and Shelby do not watch TV at all...no TVin their house. They are too busy with sports and their 4 H critters and church. You know, you can tell!
This masterpiece is the last pie I made...Banana Cream Pie, out of the "Pie in the Sky" cook book. It was fabulous. I think next time I make it I will try Hannah's trick of painting the baked crust with melted chocolate. Ron and Pam's favorite still is the Coconut Cream pie out of the same cook book. It was pretty too!
Last fall, Wallace got busy and built a chicken house for Cousin Julie's latest project of raising chickens for eggs. Julie calls this the White House, and has her 10 or so chickens housed here...well...some of the time the chickens are in her house, but don't let her know I said that. She is holding her favorite chicken here...Pokey, for short. Her full name is Pocahontas. She also has Little Buff and Big Buff, Cowboy, Indian, Big Red and Little Red. We are getting fresh eggs every week and they are fabulous. It is hard to use store bought after having free range eggs!
This house is a beauty. Julie even had it decorated for Christmas. She serves breakfast every Saturday to two mennonite gals...Marcy and Little Sister. She serves coffee and homemade egg and sausage mcmuffins. She has invited Pam and I to go. I don't know about that. Eating in a chicken coop is not something I have dreamt of doing. Julie likes to take Pokey driving with her in the pick up. Pokey sits on the seat beside her and goes all around town. It is a very funny sight. Julie and Pokey delivered an pack of eggs this morning when we weren't here, and Jamey said she got out of the pickup with the eggs in one hand and Pokey cradled in the other arm and a whole bunch of chicken poop down the front of her sweatshirt. Pretty funny stuff!
Well, gotta go! Work beckons! I just thought it was time to share some goings on from here!
