Sunday

Another beautiful day at the farmette! Well, in the entire Midwest I should think. Blue skies, light winds, cool but not cold. A day to do outside work (and there is always outdoor work to be done)!

Ah well. Not for me. I make do with a morning stroll, to take care of Stop Sign (who had us worried by not showing up for a couple of days)...


 



... and to feed the squabbling, raucous cheepers. The nice weather has given them a burst of assertive energy. When they see me at the door, they trip over each other trying to get to me (so that they can then trip me up as we make our way to the barn).






Breakfast. Ed, hurry up, the oatmeal is getting cold.






I do take a break from putting my feet up (or, just one foot!) and Ed and I do a pretty good job of house cleaning. The holidays are next week. I have to get things in order!

And then I sit back and watch the sun move from one side of the farmhouse to the other. When its rays filter in through the west windows, I am up again, fixing dinner for the young family. Important routines and traditions are not to be neglected!

(A pause to throw some treats for the hens. Tomato, shaking herself free of dust and debris, looking like a canvas of loveliness!)






(The whole lot of them!)





Dinner!

(The ever cheerful Sparrow, with his parents.)






Time to eat! One of my Polish friends said that there always appears to be corn at the table. He's right!













After dinner hot chocolate: Snowdrop toasts mommy.





Cbeers, mommy! 
Cheers, Snowdrop
Don't forget your marshmallow -- says the new hot cocoa expert.
I wont.