Hanging in there

Neil and I worked for a lovely lady last week that made us a CD of pictures. This was probably the nicest job we've ever done together: hanging out in the shade of this massive oak. She made us lunch too!

Ty update from his mom and dad

Ty at 3 weeks.


Dear friends,

There is uncontainable joy in our hearts each new day we get to spend with Ty and see how he has grown. He is 3 and 1/2 weeks old now and over 3 pounds, eating well and filling out those little cheeks. He is doing well without breathing assistance or IV fluids, meaning fewer wires and tubes, so for now Jack and I (and you too!) can cuddle him easily. Ty loves his new bed, an isolette--we call it the condo--which is a graduation from his warmer. There's a peaceful white noise in there and the nurses are giving him lots of good care.

We can feel your love from every direction and there are no words for the depth of our gratitude for your support. Ty had some serious bumps in the road his first couple of weeks on this earth, and there could be more but for now the focus is on good health and this little guy's incredible will. Thank you for celebrating with us! Here are some pictures taken the day before his 3-week birthday. As you can see,he's still rocking the sideburns.

Love,
Mary & Jack

welcome to the world

happy early birthday on April 22nd to: Terrence Joseph Rockers AKA Ty
weighing in at 2 pounds and 13 ounces!

easter morning: quite a change overnight.....

creasy and a snow bear



yeah!



lynda and steve stuck in the driveway

easter weekend: saturday

saturday was sunny and we went for a walk around the property.

upstairs

new house

due to all the peer pressure, i decided against cleaning my house first and just decided to post the darn pictures. here you go suckas!

spring chicks and st. patty's

if this picture looks like a redo form last year, well, it is. creasy doesn the same thing every day as she did last spring: stick her head in the box and wine at the chicks hoping they will understand dog and play with her. we have 4 black australorps, 1 gold wyandotte, 2 brahmas, 4 americaunas and a real live mom who hatched 9 babies at a friends house. we brought here here the day she hatched them and are raising them up until the mom can return to her home. we'll keep half the babies and our flock will be about +15 more layers. The really cool thing about all this is that we are getting a jump on the season this year. we got the chicks 2 months earlier this year, so we'll get eggs starting in late august. next month we're getting 25 meat birds in the mail. that should bring our grand poultry total to right around 50 birds!!


some home corned corned beef and some green sparkling wine complete the spring equinox.

old hens

elders first please. here are the new digs for the old ladies.
ole jeff was here for a lovely week of feasting, unpacking, dice rolling, and some good old fashioned manual labor. here he helps with the design and execution of the run. neil and i finished it off after he flew away back to CO...well, mostly neil did the cage work, but check out the nesting boxes i made all by myself. we relcaimed some redwood fencing to make all the boxes and ramps. we salvaged old fencing for the run and jeff and neil cut fir saplings for the posts. the coop it self if an old rabbit hutch were someone used to raise them up for sale. total out of pocket cost: about $5 in screws and such. this bear proof building has proven to be a life saver after hearing countless horror stories of raising live stock in the country, we are lucky to have been provided with such a sound shelter. this is where our 8 current layers reside. they actually love the nesting boxes now and lay all their eggs in there instead of all over the floor like before.

the herbal gurggle may be back...

at least, i hear rumors that my husband is going to take over posting and such. who knows it may happen when we get this internet-less life rectified. in the mean time i am spending some of this fine afternoon on a porch poaching once again. worse ways to pass the time. here are some random snow pictures from the house, a lovely pedicularis species "indian warrior" that i saw for the first time in bloom last week, and some "eggs in action" a delicious picture of a steak dinner salad from recent fare.

more mexico fun

best bedroom ever


ouch


cancer party!



little hatchlings trying to make it to the open ocean

san pancho, mexico

fire time


secret beach


sayulita door


bonito fishing