His 6th birthday is in June and I started working on his own Birthday Blanket last month. I know it's early, but I want to make sure I get it done in time. I'm not a quilter, but I can knit, so I am making him a patchwork knit blanket. I'm pretty much just making rows of different colored squares in a simple garter stitch.
The weather here has been extraordinary for January, so we were able to go for a walk on Monday down the hill to our neighbor, which is a giant cattle farm. The owner is leasing it out to an outfit from Texas- apparently the drought has gotten bad enough that he chose to truck his hundreds of livestock to the green hills of East Tennessee. We couldn't be happier with the change- the hired hands are nice enough to let us wander in and out of the barns and even introduced us to the orphaned calves, who ate right out of A's little hands, much to his delight.
On the walk back home, we found two magnificent treasures: a tiny bird's nest and a green glass Coke bottle. The nest has been added to our collection, while the coke bottle is soaking to get the gunk out.
This Spring, I may invest in some beehives. I've been interested in them for awhile and have made a new friend who keeps bees and is teaching a class about them this Spring, which is open to any who want to attend. You can find out more at My Barefoot Farm. It's towards the bottom of the blog entry, but she's going to cover all the bases of beekeeping. I, for one, am really excited to attend!!
We have a local beekeeping club here, called the Clinch Valley Beekeepers Association that I've seen at some of the local festivals. They always bring some good honey and a displayable hive with them, which was a big hit with us.
That's all for now- I'll be attempting to write a little more frequently than I have been.
Todays' quote:
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." ~Morrie Schwartz~
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