Baby Birthday

This week has been full of fun events. Squeakums both turned one and started walking. Now he walks frequently and quite far, but also plops down and crawls to reach his destination. On his birthday the YWAM base had cookies and ice cream for everyone. He ate some with his spoon and fingers, even pieces of cookie. A few people pitched in for some baby gifts, which was neat. They gave him a little rubbery ball and a funny cardboard book.

The greenhouse is up and growing tomato plants very well, seeing some yellow blossoms now. Our outdoor veggie gardens are looking less prolific but not bad. We are thankful for an anonymous donation of really good soil which we were able to make do by mixing it with topsoil for our four beds. I have so much to learn. Put up a wind barrier today, per suggestion by a local...after I inquired why all my outdoor starts look like they are dying. She also suggested covering the plants at night because it's still in the 40's at night, too cold for them. I'm so grateful to be learning all this gardening advice. Someday when we have our own plot of ground or are living in a village somewhere I can at least have some basics down. Another friend taught me how to 'prune' my lettuce starts and harvest them as they grow, hopefully starting next month. I really enjoy working with the plants. I've been hitting garage sales for cheap garden supplies, since I will be buying it out of my own pocket.

BearHunter got his bear! He tells me he will write the tale himself and post it later. Right now he's hurriedly trying to treat the skin so he can save it. Apparently it's an arduous process and few people have any experience with bear hides, they are notoriously hard to tan. But too expensive to have a professional do it, at least $55 per square foot!