Origami for your clothing

hmmmmm.... I tried this and it actually worked!

p.s....

I should have mentioned in the blog entry below - yes I got a refund on all the dead birds :) The last little keet is still alive and in the garage until his big kid feathers can keep him warm outside.
You know, raising little birds is really not as "cute" as it might seem - it's kind of a pain to keep a heat lamp on them all the time. We did find a home for the extra chicks that were sent in the shipment - I had my little girl hold a box on her lap labeled "FREE CHICKS" and I pushed her around the county fair in a stroller. It was really quite a funny site. The chicks had homes within ten minutes - which proves that you can get rid of almost anything if you put a sign on it that says FREE.

Not the prettiest birds

Here I go again... I mail ordered some new little pets - guinea fowl to be precise. I had never heard of them either, but they are supposed to do the job that I hoped my ducks would do - without the stink. When my friend told me that these birds eat all the bugs in your garden and leave your produce alone, the gears in my head started turning. No more pesticide sounded almost too good to be true and I had to give it a try.

I had to special order these birds and they were shipped to me in a little cardboard crate via the post office. It was fun to see all the wide-eyed customers when I picked up the little chirping package. Originally I ordered six keets (as the babies are called) hoping that at least half of them would live to graze in the garden (they are a little trickier to raise than chickens). Sadly, half were dead upon arrival! Interestingly, the company sent baby boy chicks along with the package to help keep the keets warm. As soon as I got home, I devoted myself to the three remaining keets and even took them with me on a overnight road trip to monitor their health -- go ahead and call me crazy, I won't deny it.




Long story short, I have ONE left! The other two became pretty weak and went to bird heaven within a day- I think it had something to do with my heat lamp and keeping them the right temperature. I am heartbroken about all the deaths and sure hope this last keet pulls through. If not, all I will have to show for my latest animal adventure are the remaining baby boy chicks - no thanks! I guess I'll give it another go with the guinea fowl this coming spring.

Summer

Summer goes way too fast. There isn't enough time to do everything, grow everything, and fix everything -- can we add a few more months please? All you Arizona people have it made (except for that 110+ degree thing). We've been having fun and staying plenty busy...

Before & After - yeah!

Slip & Sliding

Planting our lawn

These goggles can't be comfortable - Miss squishy cheeks