The weather was beautiful today! We took the girls for a walk in Rochester for a little family time. Downtown Rochester is having an art exhibit, which consists of giant shoe sculptures done by Adam Pearson and decorated by various artists. There are 11 shoes in all, but we only visited 6 of them. We may take a trip over for the remaining shoes, sometime, but since my second fall on the stairs my foot gets soar, then numb if I walk for too long...I'm thinking I should run that fact by my doctor sometime. We had a good time and Mini was thrilled to be searching for giant shoes.
Work Boot
Stillhetto
Cowboy Boot
Lady Boot
Combat
Hiking Boot
Shoes were selected because Rochester has a long history in shoe factories. It was a lovely walk and was so nice to get outside and soak up some vitamin D!
When we got home I worked, with my parents, on putting the next layer of tires on the Potato towers, and filling them in with dirt. I'm excited with how nice the plants look and I hope that we didn't wait to long to fill in the next layer. We didn't have a choice, since you can't really shovel mud, and that was what the rain created, but with a couple sunny days the dirt was workable again, the towers look beautiful, and are really ready to take one more lay of tires, so we'll be doing that again in a couple days.
When we got home I worked, with my parents, on putting the next layer of tires on the Potato towers, and filling them in with dirt. I'm excited with how nice the plants look and I hope that we didn't wait to long to fill in the next layer. We didn't have a choice, since you can't really shovel mud, and that was what the rain created, but with a couple sunny days the dirt was workable again, the towers look beautiful, and are really ready to take one more lay of tires, so we'll be doing that again in a couple days.
Duck Update: The ducklings are growing fast! Here they are with Josephine, who is doing a good job with them. It will be interesting to see how things go once they are allowed to go out in the yard with the rest of the ducks. The dark ducklings will be black, and the light will be blue, like Josephine. She looks more brown because she is faded from a year of sun, but after her molt in a the next couple months she'll be more blue.
Chicken update: I put my plan into action, and have set 14 eggs under Mary. I hope she is as successful as Jane was. She did such a wonderful job with her 12, and continues to be a good mom, including keeping the feisty cockerels in check. They will be allowed to free range soon!
