Catching up

Here is a bag of furs. I do not exactly know what Andy's plan is with them at this point. I'm sure I'll find out soon. (Andy likes to take blurry photos.)

Look who decided to come outside today!  First time in weeks! Makes my heart warm. Now, how to get them laying again? Jen suggested supplements in their food.  My response to that was they they will be supplementing my food if they don't get their act together quick! 

Stolen berry picker from the Smiths. It's awesome!  Andy is a sneaky one! 

This week in photos

Thank you to those who contacted me about not receiving pictures this week.  I love you too!  My excuse...I am lazy. My phone was full and I needed to upload the photos. The computer was dead, so it needed to be plugged in. I was lazy, and didn't do either until about Saturday night. I've also been really busy. We had a great volleyball tourney on Saturday (2nd place finish, go Dolphins!), taught at church Sunday, Seahawks game Sunday, and youth symphony Sunday (thank you Danielle!).  It's been crazy!  I'm ready for some turkey and a nap! 🍗😴

Anyway, I hope you are all doing well, and enjoy the photos from last week!

Bri'Anna 

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Here are three nice sized salmon from fishing with Steve. We baked one whole fish. I used a brown sugar rub on one half and a jerk rub on the other. The girls passed on the sweet and gobbled down the savory. They also drank about a gallon of milk to offset the spicy flavor too! Hahaha 

The rabbit hides hanging to dry in the shed. I think he set up a gear lamp to speed it up since the stench was awful and would probably attract unwanted critters. 

Here is what was left of the apples. I meant to make apple sauce, but decided on cider instead. This made about 1.5 quarts. No much, but I can't complain about free apples! 

They are back in the house tonight to finish drying (not sure why they are still hanging since I thought they were already dried. I do know Andy stretched them. He 'hulked' a few in half as he stretched them out, and I was asked to mend them back in one piece once they were all done. 

I'm still mourning the loss of my Donna. :( 

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Mittens in the making.

Andy and Evan have been working hard to preserve the rabbit hides. Today, Evan pulled them from the tanning solution, rinsed them, wrung them out, and hung them all to dry. 

It looks like quite a bit of fur if they turn out. Andy needs to scrape the meat and fat off a little better and also work the leather after they're dry. 

It's a long process, but worth the work if they turn out. 

Evan has called the first pillow and the first pair of mittens...mismatched of course!