Chronicles of the Long Shot Farm

Tina and Lars went to visit Zach, Rachel, Toben and Fiona in Ohio over the weekend, Sammy had to work and Jeff spent most of his time pointing rocks in the barn.  When it was time to take a break, Jeff could not resist the warm weather and figured he’d try to maybe catch a bass, thinking it would be way too cold yet for bluegills to be active.  But on Sunday afternoon he got lucky, and – to use his words – all of a sudden the pond was just bubbling with bluegills that had come toward the surface.  Yes, he caught some, cleaned them and we’ll have fish for dinner on Monday 🙂

We celebrated Anja’s babyshower over the weekend with lots of family and friends. It was a perfect day, sunny and breezy and everyone enjoyed walking around outside.  We also managed to plant 2 flats of pansies before the “party”, and trimmed more brambles as well as our roses and fruit trees.

Jens and Grace came over to help Jeff with the pointing in the barn today- they are making progress, despite the colder weather. The rest of us, including Anja and Duff, spent most of the day completely emptying out the shed across the street. The plan is to rewire and then insulate and dry-wall the inside, making it our weaving/sewing/quilting and arts room.
Duff found an old shot put ball, into which Jeff had screwed an eye hook (he used it as a boat anchor for a while)…Duff attached a chain he found and “played” in the snow – flinging it as far as he could: