Weekly update - April 14, 2023

I'm not even really sure what all happened this week. I'll see what I can remember.
  • The weather has been amazing. It's been pretty much summer for the past few days. Everything has budded out and greened up. The peonies are even up. At this rate they will all bloom in May and not June. It's also a little odd. But there's snow in the forecast on Monday, so we're not quite to actual summer 
  • The horses who have not completely shed their winter coats all seem rather sweaty. 
  • The garden bed cleaning continues. There are only two out of twelve vegetable beds that need to be weeded now. My children have worked hard and been fantastically helpful.
  • I finally had a moment this week to do some gardening. With H. and R.'s help we nearly have the long flower garden that runs the whole length of the house cleaned up. It's off because usually I get things trimmed before the bulbs really start coming up, but it's been so warm they are all up and blooming. I hadn't seen the fritillary yet, so was concerned it didn't survive the winter. Then, when I cut back some dried ornamental grass, I found it! And it has twice as many blooms this year.
  • I have a lot of hay in the barn again. I'm hoping this lasts me through summer.
  • G. and L. are having a sleepover at W.'s and MC's tonight.
  • P. is away grooming at another horse show this week so Midnight is back with us. He is not pleased about it.
  • The chickens, ducks, and goose are all back to egg laying. I am thrilled to not have to buy eggs at the store. K. is thrilled that we have goose eggs again because he loves them.
  • We will be back to doing school next week. This is the home stretch. The plan is to finish mid-May.
  • We had our co-op open house today to show people what classes are available. I'll be teaching Sheep to Scarf again and adding a second level to it, Knitting, and a class called Lost in a Good Book. This is a survey of different novels, their place in history and geography, some about the author, and a synopsis. Then I will spend the rest of the class reading out loud from each book. Really, it's just an excuse to read good books out loud.
  • I have had very little time to work on any fiber related things this week. Well, plus it's been so nice all I have wanted to do is sit and read outside, so I can't completely blame the busier than usual week.  



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