Halloween is by far my favorite time of year. Even though the kids have grown, and there is not yet a grandchild in sight, I still get to dress up every year.
This year we volunteered to help out at the childrens party at the library. Also, we brought our cider press to the PTO event at the school.
At the library party, I was dressed as a 1980’s rocker. Leopard print pants and all. One girl kept looking at me. I asked her why she was staring at me. In a puzzled look she said, ” I don’t know what you are suppose to be”. I had to laugh. I at first told her Pat Benetar, but that didn’t mean anything to her. I then told her a 1980’s rock star, and she said ” oh, I get it now,”. Her mother and I both chuckled. Her mother was about 10 years younger than I, so while I was having my night club adventures, she was having her high school adventures.
At the PTO event, I dressed as a ghostly witch. While most loved it, I actually scared many a little child in Effingham.

This morning, we drove to the Somersworth area to pick up some raspberry bushes. We found them listed on craigslist, and we had been wanting to add some fruit trees to our farm. Thanks to Jerry, we now have a few  raspberry bushes. These will be a nice addition to our life of self sufficiency. We can make pies, jams, jellies, and syrups. Plus, we can freeze some to have all next winter. There were some berries still on the bush, and they are delicous. Oh, how wonderful they will taste next summer.

Yes, George is a lucky rooster. He now has two hens to himself. We want to mate him with a white leghorn. When you mate an Araucana with a White Leghorn, their chicks produce pink eggs. So George and Henrietta’s children will produce pink eggs. Hopefully, this will happen in time for Easter. By then, we will have brown eggs, white eggs, and green eggs. The pink eggs will be a nice edition just in time for the Easter holiday. With Mother Nature working with us, we will have chicks as well.

Today, we acquired a beautiful Araucana rooster from a family that couldn’t keep him any longer. His name is George.
After letting George roam the pen by himself for a bit and get use to the place, we introduced him to Penelope. He fell in love instantly.  He chased her around the coop, and he danced around her like a teenager in love.  The next thing you know they were married, and planning a family together. It was actually kind of funny to watch them, and listen to them talk to each other. They cackled for hours.