Monday, June 21, 2010

Nature's Bounty

Queenie's been picking my flowers again. Superhero has been picking blackberries in our woods and stockpiling them in the freezer. I promised him we'd make a cobbler when he picked a bagful. He did, and we had cobbler for dessert yesterday. Mmmm!
Monkey Man went crabbing recently & came home with about 3 dozen of them. They were so delicious!
It was fun gathering around the table picking the crabmeat.
There were still quite a few crabs left, so Daddy Duck and I stayed up late Sunday night, picking the meat. We all had crabcakes for dinner the next day & they were soooo good.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Oh dear

Contraptions like these were invented as a way to torture us worry-wart mothers. Daddy Duck brought two and a half of them (one has no engine) home a few days ago & the ducklings have had a blast!

Superhero had an interesting racing outfit.

Mama, are we rednecks? Queenie was upset because Superhero was sitting on what she had labeled "the girl go-cart."
Yikes! They're off! But not for long. Daddy Duck spent a lot of time fixing chains, clutches, sprockets, etc... Monkey Man is becoming quite adept at getting the go-gart running again as well. Buying used stuff not only saves money, but can be a learning experience as well;)
It's all part of home education. :)

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Tater Time

The potato harvest has begun. Ain't they purty?
Daddy Duck & Mr. C dug up 2 rows this morning before church.They put them into plastic bags & Daddy Duck weighed himself with and without the bags to find out how many pounds of potatoes there were.
Forty-seven pounds!
That is more than what we planted, and there are still 4 rows to dig. YESSS!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Pool is up!

The water temperature is somewhere around 18 degrees Farenheit, but that doesn't seem to matter. (To the ducklings, at least.)