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April 15, 2006
The Difference One Day Makes
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Yesterday, my "recipe" was a hint about our progress on this weekend's project, demolishing all the bird pens around (and inside) the barn. Today you get the photojournal. Look at last weekend's entry for the "before" pictures. We're tired, sore, have just stuffed ourselves with a fabulous Easter dinner, and are heading down the street to see Cama Llama's brand new boyfriend, so I have to make this quick…
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That's the peacock coop roof lying on the left.
Look, it's a barn! With more bird cages inside. Ugh.
(The llamas rolled in yesterday's pine ashes! Beats the bugs.)
Our apricot tree is blossoming! Maybe we'll get fruit after all!Posted by anita at April 15, 2006 6:09 PM
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Posted by anita at April 15, 2006 6:09 PM
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All I can say is WOW. Looks like tons of hard work but since you had all those gloved hands helping out it sounds like it was manageable and fun.
We had our Easter dinner on Saturday night - ham & scallopped potatoes, and I made homemade ice cream and apple crisp. A good time was had by all.
Flora is filling out nicely.
Posted by: Wandering Coyote | 09:02 17 April 2006
Yes, it was a lot of work, even with five of us, but we kept up the pace long enough to get all the garbage to the dump yesterday and the useable scrap metal and wire to Jonathan's. Then we quit because the rain on the now exposed dirt and straw within the caged areas stinks worse than randy billy goat. Bleh.
Richard did take a couple more hours yesterday afternoon to go upstairs in the barn and toss out all the contents, most of which was junk. One final trip to the dump and another chicken-stench-infested heap of cabinetry later, all we had to show for three days' work was a heap of glowing embers and the blissful emptiness where the bird cages had been. It looks amazing.
That done, I was supposed to switch gears and start vacation prep today, but I woke up at 4am unable to swallow. Several pots of hot water later I am laid up trying to nip a cold in the bud. I haven't had a serious cold once since moving here a year and a half ago. I just hope this one isn't making up for lost time, because time is something I don't have this week! Peter, the Mulag rep from Germany, wants to take Richard and I out to dinner tonight, but between my allergies and this cold, I think I might stay home. I can barely taste anything anyway, and everything is running except my legs - which are pretty stiff from this weekend.
I have more photos to post, including some of Cama Llama's new boyfriend, Buddy... But they'll have to wait until I'm feeling better. Last night I had myself convinced this was just more allergies from being outside with pollen and smoke and old chicken feathers and barn dust, but this is way worse than hayfever!
Back to the couch and a good fairytale movie (Ever After, one of my favourites). Or, wash my hair and get ready for dinner. Hmm. I suppose that means getting out of my pyjamas. Tough decision. I'll have to think about it over a nap.
Posted by: Anita | 15:23 17 April 2006