Brief weekly update

Just a few things from the past week.
  • We celebrated A.s and W.'s birthdays this past Friday. Everyone but D. was able to at least make an appearance.
  • A. then left in the wee hours of the morning to go collect D. from school for his spring break. A. invited G. and L. to come along which they very much enjoyed. 
  • The horses, Emmy in particular, are shedding. Emmy got groomed a bit yesterday. Those white splotches are not snow, it's horse hair.

  • The actual snow appeared today. 

  • We have collected about 12 gallons of sap which J. has been cooking down. We don't quite have syrup yet, so I can't tell you how it tastes.
  • All my pepper seeds have sprouted.
  • Earlier this week I went into the downstairs bedroom to use the treadmill and when I glanced out the window I saw a large, furry creature sitting on one of the large rocks we have in the front yard. I wasn't sure what it was and my initial thought was a beaver, but then realized it was a very large groundhog. He was pretty cute, but was clearly as surprised to see me as I was to see him. Evidently he lives under the concrete slab of our front porch. 
  • I think there is something wrong with my phone because it cannot stay connected to the internet.
  • P. is home from Florida. Midnight was very glad to see her.
  • We got a lot of mushrooms off the log they had been growing on. The mushroom loving people were thrilled because they pretty much ate mushrooms to their heart's content. We are now following the instructions for trying to grow a second flush. 
And that's about it for now. Pretty much everyone is sitting around just waiting for spring to actually arrive.

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