New chickie pix!

Day 3 with the chicks and I can't believe how big their feathers are getting already!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are changing daily. There was a bit of a pasty butt problem on day 2, but after a tush wash for each chick, they look great now.

I moistened a little chick food with warm water and added a tsp of plain yogurt and offered it to the chicks. I thought they would love it but it was quite the opposite. One peck and they wouldn't touch it again.

A bit later I gave them a bit of crumbled egg yolk and was astounded that the box turned into a free for all!

The Buff Orpington (still without a name) was the first to try a piece and the others got curious and started checking out what she had. She didn't like that and took off running with all the others chasing her, it was hilarious! More of them discovered the egg and a wild time was had by all till only a few crumbs were left!

Look at that smile!

Feathers!

Proud of her new finery!

Marshmallow Peep!

Monster Boy uncharacteristically still for more than 20 seconds

Here chick chick chick!

The chickies are here!

We got 1 black sex-link, 2 Bard Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 1 Buff Orpington, and they are so cute!

They took to the water really fast, I thought it would take them awhile, but they were pretty thrirsty it seems.

Noisey little buggers though, peep, peep, PEEP!

A little madness

A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown —
Who ponders this tremendous scene —
This whole Experiment of Green —
As if it were his own!
~Emily Dickinson

Don't count your chickens before they hatch!

No chicks today, we got all the way there only to be told

that they didn't come in today.

They will hopefully be in on Friday, but we will definitely call first this time!

February 24 is here! And you know what that means?

Chicks!

We leave in 1/2 hour to get our baby chicks!
Pix soon....

I love this quote!

"It's hard to enforce fraud laws, when the government participates in the fraud."
~Ron Paul, Sept. 29, 2009 The Daily Show with John Stewart

Canadian Exporter?

Here are the pictures from our trip to Grayland, WA.
We couldn't have picked a nicer day! 68 degrees according to our on-board thermometer,
and barely a whisper of a breeze for most of the time in Grayland.

In January we heard about the shipwreck that was discovered on the Wa coast and we've been dying to go see it for ourselves, this is the article that first piqued our interest.

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"by GARY CHITTIM / KING 5 News
Posted on January 5, 2010 at 7:40 PM

GRAYLAND, Wash. - Washaway Beach got its name for the powerful surf that has steadily been removing a small community south of Grayland Washington. Now that same surf has given something back - the remains of a mystery ship.

The remains of a 100-foot-long vessel have been uncovered along the sandy high bank.

It's partially hidden by the dozens of uprooted trees deposited on the beach during a powerful New Years storm."
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Doesn't look like much at first, but it's amazing to see the outline of the bow.





Looks like there was a fire at some point, whether someone set it, like the salvagers back in the 1800's or perhaps vandals at some point?




"All Aboard!"

Here is the ship they think the remains are from, The "Canadian Exporter" a Freighter out of Vancouver, BC. on it's way to Hong Kong with a load of timber. It was planned that they would make a stopover in Portland, Oregon to pick up more Asia bound timber, but lost in a dense fog she beached on the shore in August of 1921, where crashing waves soon broke her in two.

If you want to visit the wreck, you should probably hurry, one good storm and

it looks like it will be gone for good. A friend of mine with a vacation trailer at Washaway Beach

warned that it is very risky to go down to the beach at high tide, the tide comes in fast and there are few exits from the beach once the tide comes in, so please be careful!

I would hate to get caught between the tide and some of the cliffs.

If you do go down to visit the wreck, make sure you see the Cranberry bogs!

Very cool, I don't know what I was expecting, but not this. Right when you step out of the car we noticed how sweet the air smelled, and the color- Such vibrant red foliage!

I didn't know how many fields there were still in the Grayland area, and on each farm there were many signs that named the farmer and then followed with, "Ocean Spray Cranberry Grower"

Nice seeing local growers for such a large brand.

However, last night for dinner we opened a can of cranberry sauce to go with our "Why the heck not.." Roast turkey and gravy and tatos dinner, it said "Made in New York"

New York? What's up with that?