Month: June 2010

Lunch and learn

by Karen, posted in education, good grief, health

The first Thursday of the month, Amy Wood Psy.D. presents a workshop series entitled "Lifewise at Lunch". It's held at the Kennebunk Free Library downstairs in Hank's Room. It kicked off last week on June 3rd. The talks run from noon until 1:00pm She began and ended this first one on time, so if you … Continue reading Lunch and learn

Spring thaw!

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, health, raising chickens

This is a great time for a "see what's in  your freezer" week. Start now. It's the kind of thing you may never get to if you don't, or if you think about it too much. Sunday: breads, english muffins, bagels....all those packages of  "there's-only-one -or-two-left-but-it's-close-to -the-expiration-date-so-i'll-stick 'em-in-the-freezer-before-they-go-bad"'s. Find them all. Be ruthless. Either make … Continue reading Spring thaw!

eggs!

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, raising chickens

our multicolored eggs speaking of egg color driving our hen choices every year (see prior post ), here is a sampling of some of what our flock puts forth every day.  the blue and green eggs come from ameraucana chickens. marans, barnvelders,  and welsummers lay the chocolate brown eggs. . . and the white leghorn … Continue reading eggs!

It’s (probably) a girl!

by Karen, posted in family, raising chickens

Well, it's been a little more than 3 weeks and it's looking more and more like he is a she. Of course, all the data is not in, but very soon it will become unequivocal. For now though, she is still a runt, much smaller then the other chickens. We attempted to take a picture … Continue reading It’s (probably) a girl!