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purplequeenvt - Ivy Knoll Farm
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purplequeenvt
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Merry Christmas to all of you too!
I had a nice Christmas. We went to the Quechee, VT area (1.5 hrs away) to our friends' house and went to sing (21 of us!) at the nursing home that we have been singing at for 15 years and then we had a great time eating and visiting. We got home at 1:30 this morning. Now it is time to get ready for New Years! Same group of people plus a few extras. I was going to butcher 3 of my geese and serve them for dinner, but I received multiple requests for my lasagna (we had real Italian lasagna in Italy this spring and my family informed me that it was good, but mine is still the best
) and garlic bread so I guess I'll be changing the menu. That would actually make things easier logistically.
These are some of the Christmas decorations this year.
The front door....
The fireplace.....
The tree....it is out on our screened porch because I'm allergic to it (not horrible, but if I'm around it too long I get stuffy).
The stair railing....
This is my house chicken (temporary, hopefully)
He/She/It was hatched in October and the mother abandoned it when it was a month old. It then lived with 3 other chicks that were a little older until the weather got really cold. I put my Frizzle rooster in with them as an extra body to keep everyone warm, but he very suddenly got sick and died last week
I loved that little rooster. This little baby, a couple days after Mr. Frizzle died, got way too cold so I brought it inside. It perked up pretty quickly and is now is living in a birdcage in the entry room because it's too cold to put it back outside. The thing is extremely content it makes the cutest chirping noises when you walk by.
I had a nice Christmas. We went to the Quechee, VT area (1.5 hrs away) to our friends' house and went to sing (21 of us!) at the nursing home that we have been singing at for 15 years and then we had a great time eating and visiting. We got home at 1:30 this morning. Now it is time to get ready for New Years! Same group of people plus a few extras. I was going to butcher 3 of my geese and serve them for dinner, but I received multiple requests for my lasagna (we had real Italian lasagna in Italy this spring and my family informed me that it was good, but mine is still the best
) and garlic bread so I guess I'll be changing the menu. That would actually make things easier logistically.These are some of the Christmas decorations this year.
The front door....
The fireplace.....
The tree....it is out on our screened porch because I'm allergic to it (not horrible, but if I'm around it too long I get stuffy).
The stair railing....
This is my house chicken (temporary, hopefully)
He/She/It was hatched in October and the mother abandoned it when it was a month old. It then lived with 3 other chicks that were a little older until the weather got really cold. I put my Frizzle rooster in with them as an extra body to keep everyone warm, but he very suddenly got sick and died last week
I loved that little rooster. This little baby, a couple days after Mr. Frizzle died, got way too cold so I brought it inside. It perked up pretty quickly and is now is living in a birdcage in the entry room because it's too cold to put it back outside. The thing is extremely content it makes the cutest chirping noises when you walk by.
jodief100
True BYH Addict
Your decorations are beautiful. So sorry about your roo. The chicken looks very happy and she is pretty.
bonbean01
Herd Master
I am so jealous of your purple front door...I need to paint mine purple, but think hubby might faint
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Your home is lovely! And nice house chicken too. 
Bridgemoof
Overrun with beasties
Yep the house and decorations look so pretty! I love your house chicken. Prettiest feathers!
So clearly next year you will have to raise lasagnas instead of geese! I hear they are much easier to take care of
So clearly next year you will have to raise lasagnas instead of geese! I hear they are much easier to take care of
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purplequeenvt
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Hmmm.....maybe I should look into that.Bridgemoof said:So clearly next year you will have to raise lasagnas instead of geese! I hear they are much easier to take care of
We went to the grocery store yesterday to get all the stuff we need for the party and they only had 2 boxes of lasagna noodles in the whole store. I needed 4 or 5 regular and 1 gluten free and I couldn't get anything! How could they be out?? We got around 12" of snow during the big storm earlier this week and now it is snowing more. Makes animal chores harder, but at least it's pretty.
Eugene would like some snow shoes, please.....
I made some progress on the bedroom redo! My sister's boyfriend is here until New Years and he helped me take the carpet out of the bedroom. Unfortunately, I have to move stuff into the room for a little while. I have to clean the basement in preparation for New Years because the rest of his (sister's BF) family is coming and we need to have beds for 17 people. All 7 of the girls are going to sleep in the basement.
My dad and sister's BF are outside building a connecting roof between the 2 sheds. I think that means that we could actually call it a barn instead of a shed. Of course he is building after the big storm and during more snow.
It's nice having a strong army guy around......normally I would be the one out there.
Queen Mum
N.E.R.D.
decorations look so festive.
Bridgemoof
Overrun with beasties
Eugene! 
