A 'Real' Saturday

Well, today was something of a 'real' Saturday here. Used to (mainly before I started college), on Saturdays the four of us would either work on little projects we had going, read, do things together, work outside, or other sorts of 'just-for-fun' type enterprises. We haven't gotten to do that in a while, but today, we did! Dad's been working hard getting our little garden in, and today the rest of us got out there and finished it up. So except for some Sunflowers, butternut squash, and a couple of sweet potato plants we're experimenting with (two Mom bought sprouted, and we saved the slices with the sprouts, put them in water, and when they are about 9 ins. tall, we want to plant them and see how they do!), our garden is in!

We've got yellow squash, tomatoes, bell peppers, corn, potatoes, beets, radishes, turnip greens, spinach, asparagus, green beans, pumpkins, okra, and seems like something else too, but I'm not remembering it at the moment. We only have a row or two of each though, so it sounds like more than it really is :). We just wanted a little of the stuff we really like, and we also wanted to try some new things this year.

Here's how it looks now that everything's planted. The little building in the back is our chicken coop.

This is a little potato we found as we were digging to plant something else! I guess he got skipped last year when we dug them - Mom says we can eat it anyway ;)



Well, I'm going to run for now. It's been a long, fun day :) !

Large and Small: Chickens!

Hello all! Just a quick post on: Chickens!

My instructor at the college (the one I've asked you to pray for) knows we have chickens, and like farm life and all that. She knew another girl at the college who had a couple of roosters she was needing to get rid of, and Mrs. H (my instructor) asked me if we wanted one. Dad and Mom said we could take one, even though we've got a rooster, but we have plenty of space since our chicken population has been declining over the past couple of years, and besides, the rooster we have has pretty much NO dominating spirit whatsoever, even over the hens! So anyway, here is our new little rooster! :



See the feathers on his legs? He's a Silky and Mrs. H said feathers on the legs, and a sort of silky down instead of feathers are trademarks of Silkies. Uncle David and his family were down visiting when I brought him home, and the two cousins helped us name him: Brainerd. Because, according to them, his comb looks like a brain, and his "brain" makes him look like a nerd, and also Brainerd was the name of a missionary, so that's always good!
I know, crazy huh? But Trissy and I agreed it was kind of cute; and the logic worked, if you're not too picky, so Brainerd he became! :)

Mrs. H has also been wanting to loan me her incubator for quite some time so that we could hatch some chicks. So finally several weeks ago, she told me she had a neighbor who was "needing to get rid of some eggs", and said we could have them to hatch if we wanted them. So she brought about a dozen and a half to school, and her incubator, and they're supposed to hatch Tuesday!



Ok, well, I'm going to go for now. Told you this wouldn't be very long, but anyway... I'll try to post pictures of the chicks when they hatch. So long for now!

Spring And School

Well, they say that Spring is finally here. And while the sun shines, the days warm to a comfortable in-between temperature, I'm reminded of God's mercy that is new every morning. He is so good to give us just what we need, when we need it. How kind He is!



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Please pray for me this week in school. It's kindof tough right now. But I'm encouraged, for my instructor is seeming to become slowly more open when I talk about my faith. Please, please pray that I would be the kind of witness I need to be so that she would see Christ in my life and want Him. What an honor it would be if I could be privaleged to be the one to lead her to Jesus!

Have a wonderful day everyone

-Kyrie<><