The KID is here!

Yay!

For a brief visit between Baghdad and Beirut, we get the chance to share time with Kim as she transitions from one adventure to another. What a tremendous threshold she is decisively stepping through!

Brian and I look forward to traveling to Lebanon to see her in her new home as soon as we can manage it.

She has my continuing and undying respect and admiration.

Sarah

Still No Eggs :(

We were under the apparently false impression that our girls would be laying at around 3 months old. Not so...

I attempted to con them into it subliminally by placing a small red potato in each nest box. They don't care...

I tried threats, "One of you girls better give me an egg this week, OR ELSE!" Ignoring me...

What's a chicken mother to do?
Sarah

It's HOT

Oh, Lawdy! It's HOT!

Yesterday, 100 degrees a block from my un-air conditioned shop as I drove to our un-air conditioned home in my un-air conditioned van.

Before, you go nuts calling me "nuts", neither Brian nor I work regularly in air conditioning, so it is more comfortable (and healthier) to simply get used to the weather rather than try to maintain a narrow range of comfortable temperature and then be uncomfortable all day at work.
Plus, we hate closing up the house (windows open all winter too).
Plus, we just like to be closer to nature.

But at 100 degrees...wow!
Sarah