#notesfromthevicarage

BABY SHOWERS AND MOTHER’S DAY

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Last weekend was filled with family milestones.

Saturday was the baby shower for baby O.O. My kids are not telling anyone his name, so I have given him the placeholder Otto Ozymandius…O.O. for short.

Church friends and family gathered to celebrate O.O.’s soon arrival. He got lots of new clothes and diapers!

Church friends and family gathered together. My son-in-law James’ parents made it up from Connecticut.

And O.O’s Mimi and great grandfather were able to fly in from South Carolina last minute. Their original flight was cancelled when Spirit Airlines went belly up last week. Thankfully, they were able to book another flight last minute into New Haven CT. That was something of a major miracle.

On Sunday, twelve of us traveled up to Keene NH for a Mother’s Day brunch at PapaGallos.

We ate a lot, reminisced and celebrated. It was a weekend for the record books.

WHAT WAS YOUR WEEKEND LIKE?

CHICKEN COOPS, POTATO TOWERS AND CARROT BOXES

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Aside from the burning and the fence building and the lawn mowing I am trying to get too, we have three projects which are time sensitive at the Vicarage and at least one of them is going to have to be a group project.

This is a rendering our new chicken run for the flock once the black austrolorps are ready to be out in the world. It stand about 7 feet tall so it is going to take a couple of us to get the roof up.

I am also thinking of repurposing the original chicken house we had for the old chickens the first year and then adding another small box to the mix.

BUT before that I have to plant the carrots in their boxes and get the potato towers built.

DO YOU HAVE A SPRING PROJECT YOU ARE WORKING ON?