I told my uncle, when he makes a mess, he sure makes a BIG one! He replied he wouldn't want to do anything half way. =)   My dad's brother and family came to visit from SC. Since he is a plumber by trade and my dad was in the past, the two of them decided to tackle the project of digging new water trenches and laying water lines to outlying hydrants as well as other things. They rented a backhoe and set to work! Our yard became construction zone and a disaster all rolled into one!! Hopefully, by tomorrow things will be on their way back to normalcy!   The hydrant by the dog barn to make it so we don't have to carry water by the 5 gallon pail from the house, 50 yards away.                                                      Oops, make way for the ladies bringing in the laundry! Hopefully, they can make it across the moat without spilling their loads.                                                                Time to fill it back in!

  Spring time has been a busy time of year for our flock of chickens. Five mommy hens raised a clutch of chicks adding up to 21 baby peeps. The little ones just love to hold the tiny balls of fluff until the mother gets worried and scurries her brood away! =)                                           This mother Buff Orpington raised 10 little babies!                                             What better place to be then on mom's back?!                                            Gold Laced Wyandote's make good mommies too!           Ethan's special project the past couple years has been raising guineas. He has four adults and this spring he incubated his first batch of eggs and has successfully hatched 7 so far. This was the first little one to appear and the children loved watching him in his box atop the dryer. :)   Because of the increase to our flock, we decided we needed a new chicken coop. But, this rickety shed that would suit the purpose, w