June 2017

This month we added some ducklings to our flock. We have three, hopefully female, ducklings which hatched on June 7th and picked up on June 9th. One of the ducklings is Hayley's, one is Tristan's and the 3rd is everyone's. Only Hayley and Tristan specifically wanted a duckling. These will join our adult Khaki Campbell ducks. The Khaki Campbells are a nervous breed, the kids chose calm breeds this time so they will have friendly ducks to interact with. Hayley's is a Black Swedish and the other two are Rouens.

2 days old

Duck, Duck, Goose....err Bunny!

The older ducks are scared of the ducklings, it's going to take some time for them to get used to the new additions! One of the ducks needed to come indoors for an Epsom salt bath due to an egg laying issue she has sometimes. She enjoys her baths.

By 2 weeks old the ducklings are enjoying the water, mud puddles and being out in the yard with the other ducks, the chickens and the rabbits. June is a much nicer month to get new ducklings than March was (as we did last year, it was winter and they had to be in the house for sooooo long!).

May 2017

Winter can really persist here in NH but by May spring is usually in full swing, even here. Of course sometimes it snows in May!

For the most part May was nice though. Gardens were planted, animals and people enjoying more time outdoors and we had wild visitors from tiny to extra large.

Tiny Hummingbird, they always return in mid May.

We had several bear visits in May.

May signaled the end of another homeschool year and co-op year. Also in May we had Trevor's birthday. We went to see the latest Pirates of The Caribbean movie for his celebration day. Finally we had the memorial service at the cemetery in her hometown for my mom, the kids Grammy, over Memorial Day weekend.

May 2017- It's a wrap for another great year of drama

This year the play was Romeo and Harriet  a Musical Tragical Comedy in 2 1/2 acts! Tristan played the character of Max, a bad guy this time!

April 2017

April = Maple syrup making, slow arrival of spring, wishing snow was gone, Tristan's birthday, Comet's birthday and spring chicks. Also this April my co-op class put on our play of The Jungle Book and Tristan had to go to co-op during April vacation for some rehearsals for his play, Romeo and Harriet. We went to the theater to see the play Saturday Night fever and finally I took down all the maple taps and buckets, the season was done. I wasn't very efficient with my photo taking this month so here are lots of random ones from April.