Archive for July 27th 2010
We had no idea when we bought this house that we were also going to be getting free entertainment from the farmer across the street. The boys have been watching him make hay for the past seven days or so, following his progress. The most impressive day was when we came home and there were hay bales, both large and small, spread all across the field. Tonight we watched him pick up all the small pails using some sort of contraption that was attached to his tractor.
The boys spent their morning observing and collecting insects all around our neighborhood. They found their magnifying glass and the little insect keeper they have had for ages. Then they decided they needed a popsicle stick to lure the insects into their insect keeper, but the only popsicle sticks we had were attached to popsicles, soooo….they HAD to eat some popsicles. 🙂
We went on the city’s Tour de Coop on Saturday. The Tour de Coop is a tour of about 16 urban chicken coops that people have in their backyards. One of the coop owner’s we spoke with said that over 100 people applied to the be on the tour, but only 16 were chosen. In other words, there are lots of urban chicken coops around here. We even got to go to the mayor’s house and see his chicken coop. It was interesting seeing all of the different designs. Some people have pretty basic coops, while others had some pretty fancy ones. Many, if not all, were homemade and made out of reclaimed materials.
