Christmas Catch Up

Mabel is laying regularly now, which means two eggs on most days! I think Bert is next, her comb is getting bigger and she was extra talkative today. Mabel's first egg is on the right, I love its little speckles.


The chickens have been getting Nancy's yogurt to build their good bacteria back up after the worming.


We had such a nice Christmas, lots of time with family, and lots of thoughtful gifts I wasn't expecting. My parents gave us a food dehydrator that my dad built in the 70's when my aunt and uncle lived on a prune orchard. When we dried Italian plums from a neighbor's house two summers ago, the smell was so nostalgic. My parents would dry boxes and boxes of the prunes and we would have them in our freezer all year long.


It runs on light bulbs and a fan system


I think it's funny that they describe it as "Portable", it's pretty massive.


With a fresh coat of paint, it is going to look great and work much better than our small, weak dehydrator.
I made at least 6 batches of cookies, I'm all cookied out.


I took some pictures of our wonderful Christmas dinner, but left my camera at my parent's house.
We went skiing last night and will probably go again tonight, I am picking it up quickly. I have only been a handful of times and never with any regularity, so I never really got past "plowing". Last night I was flying down the bunny hill making quick turns and feeling very comfortable. The season pass is nice because we can stop when we get tired without feeling like we didn't get our money's worth, hopefully that will stave off injury!
We are planning a fun date day on New Year's, stay tuned for that...