BEHOLD the Fridge

The other day Spencer and I were on the way home from a friends birthday party. Because of where we live the only way to get home is by way of back roads. So we are in the middle of nowhere at 12 o'clock at night. We turned a corner and BEHOLD a fridge!!It was too good of an opportunity to pass up, so we turned around to get pictures. Note the sign in the background, it reads "Children at play".

Happy 4th of July

Last night we went to see fireworks at Quaker Lake. Thankfully it didn't rain.

Killing Time

I took Spencer and Samantha to soccer tonight and had to wait there till it was over. So I had two hours to sit and draw. These ones are my favorite, I call them "sitting boys".

Here We Are

Its been awhile since we had our picture taken as a family. This week was when our yearbook pictures were to be turned in (thankfully I have nothing to do with that this year), so we took the camera and tripod out to a farmer's (who we didn't know) field to get a picture. We were scared that he would come running out with a shotgun but we were fortunate. This year instead of individual pictures of the four of us we did individual pictures of our eyes, it turned out really cool.
I think that they look great. I cant wait to see what format is used and how they look in a book.

More Chickens

The chickens came back, but it was a challenge to get them back in the coop. Some boards, a separate cage, a wooden shoot, and they were in. We had to board up the bottom to keep them in. The funny thing is that there are now twelve instead of eleven, and that is counting the rooster, even though he is really only half a chicken. I named him Shorty. Anyway, three of them got out again. Well, really only two, the twelfth was never put in because we didn't know she existed. Two of the three went in last night so now there it only one out, but there are still some doubt that she is even real. Shorty is about half the size of a hen, and his crow is so stupid sounding. Its sad.


The new coop is still underway, its going slowly though.

Hello,... No, Wait, Come Back!

We got our chickens this morning. Dad went and got them, however, he got eleven not five. None of them are white ether, they all look really different from each other, good for naming. The coop is not done yet so we had to put them in the old one. It is old for a reason. We now have eleven chickens running around the yard, and the neighbor yard, and across the road, and up on the hill. They are NEVER going to come home. They don't even know that this is home yet and that is part of the problem, they don't know where to go. It is dark out now and there is nothing we can do, there was really nothing we could do when there was light. They roost in trees, thirty feet up in trees. Like I said, they are never going to come back. We'll figure it out in the morning.

Great Leopard Moth

We are finding all kinds of odd creatures lately. What it says in my guide book: It is well named for its wing spots. The hairs on the caterpillar are very stiff, and crimson rings between segments show distinctly when the larva rolls into a ball. Feeds on plantain. Cocoon is spun in spring. Larva overwinters.