The warmer temperatures have returned! Yahoo. We had our Thanksgiving gathering on Friday and the temperature rose to about 40 degrees F. with all of the ice melted on the roads so no one had a problem with the hill we live at the bottom of. All of our children, their spouses and children attended. We cooked a local turkey and stuffed ourselves on all of the other food.
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| Pam going into Ace Hardware |
Saturday night the local Ace Hardware store in Freeland had their annual "Customer Appreciation Night", everything in the store was 20% off with plenty of free food and beverages (no alcohol of course). It's a very popular event on the Island and we get to socialize with many of our Island friends.
I had a water hydrant in the garden that I couldn't get completely shut off when I winterized the system so I thought it was time to replace it with a frost free hydrant. Bought one at Ace Saturday night (20% off) and installed it Sunday afternoon. The old system was a pain in the spring when we sometimes needed water in the garden. I would have to dig down and turn the water on and then turn it off when we were completed. Spring can be warm some days and then freeze at night - now we'll have water without the worry or hassle.
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| Digging out the old hydrant |
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| The new Frost-Free Hydrant in the garden |
Our brooding chicken hatched three babies - I don't know if they are full blooded Rhode Island Reds yet (communal nests) or if they are mixed with the mother.
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| The new mama with one of her 3 chicks |
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