Weekend Visit

 

Sunday, April 20 

 

The Mars family came down on Sunday and spent the day with us. We had a really fun day that included some people (who were riding in the open air jeep) getting rained and hailed on while on a trip to the river…

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Rusty claimed his seat first.

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On the way to the river, it started to rain and then hail. The umbrella flipped backwards and wasn’t much help.

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Baby Finch Update

 

 Saturday, April 19

 

The baby finches hardly seem like babies anymore. They’ve all left the nest and several are eating on their own. They will be a month old this friday. We’ve obviously got an over-crowding problem and are looking for a bigger cage. We would also be interested in making several people a good deal on a nice pair of zebra finch.

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Late Night Visitor

 

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 Thursday, April 17

 

Rusty alerted us to some invaders late last night. Some racoons had come up and were sneaking around. We’ve lost quite a bit of poultry to these nocturnal criminals and didn’t want to let them get away. Cim shot this one, but the other escaped into the darkness. The next morning Rusty was interested to see what it was that was growling at him so.

 

A Dose of Marian

 

Tuesday, April 15

 

In an attempt to cover up some of the pain and anger you’re probably feeling on this dreaded tax day, how about a few pictures sure to make you smile? Remember, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…

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Atlanta reports that Marian has at least four rolls on her thighs now…as you can see from the picture.

 

Baby Finches

 

Monday, April 14

 

On March 28, our finch pair, Fenton and Creamy, after taking turns sitting on 6 little white “jelly bean” eggs, hatched out a couple of baby birds. The other four followed in the next two days. We’ve been trying to get pictures of them, but it’s such a jumble of feathers in their little dark basket nest that we haven’t really gotten a good shot.

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But today, after finally getting big enough, some of the babies have left the nest and began to hop around the cage.

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Can you believe there are five more like this in that little basket nest? 

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Fun Day in Amherst

 

Sunday, April 13

 

We enjoyed visiting the Amherst Church of Christ on Sunday. Several of our homeschooling friends attend there. Their kids were presenting their entries in the upcoming Leadership Training for Christ event coming up next weekend in Dallas. Puppet shows, skits, song leading, devotional speeches, scripture memory and more was presented by the kids and young adults of the congregation. I know they’re going to do well next weekend.

 

No, this fuzzy guy wasn’t at church, but afterwards we were invited to the Rodger’s home and the girls fell in love with these Pyrenees cross puppies.

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