Rain day brain dump

We're all cozy inside of the house today due to the chilly rainy weather outdoors. I'm still unpacking from our weekend trip to the Mother Earth News Fair. It was something! I attended workshops on raising guinea fowl, rainwater collection systems, and was immensely inspired by a man who gave a demonstrative talk on how to build your own cob pizza oven. I am pretty sure that will be in the works very soon. How fun will it be to have friends over and prepare dinner on some hot bricks!?

Briggs making cob from clay, sand, and shredded newspaper

We were so happy to see our extended family/cousins that live in Austin, and catch up on life with them. We also enjoyed finding a burger joint that had an outdoor playground for the boys to get their crazies out while Ted and I sat at a table eating (partial alcoholic) ice cream without any little mouths constantly asking for bites :) .

"Scraps" the traveling van proved to be a good purchase, and got us back in one piece without any road trouble. Once he gets a some new clothes, he will be ready to travel the country in style! Speaking of which, if anyone has the hookup for art-car enthusiasts or would like to help us paint some weird murals in the future, hit me up! I know nothing about painting vehicles.

We were welcomed home yesterday with a surprise in the goat barn. Can you guess what I found tucked snugly in the alfalfa trough?

A green tinted teeny tiny egg! 

Ophelia, our Blue Favaucana hen is the winner of the 1st egg laying contest. I am thrilled they are finally old enough to start earning their keep around here ;)

We got a nice long row of tomato plants in the ground yesterday afternoon, just in time for this lovely rainy day. I hope they get to growing...my seedling starters are definitely smaller than those you'll find in the nurseries this time of the year.

Fare thee well for now!