spring recap; easter, hoop, recital

This post is much overdue...and I'm not going to make excuses. Because it has finally started to warm up and green up around here, and I have one large hoop house, 68 tomato plants, 26 week-old chicks, two wild girls, mountains of laundry, ten fingernails blackened with soil and compost, and a wicked spring head-cold.

So I'm going to just charge ahead, and play a little catch up.

Easter:


The beginning of the egg hunt; ready, set...


Mountain bunny


Amelia's Easter dress was hand-made by me. She looks like a very small bridesmaid in it...a small bridesmaid who climbs through the tiny door in the chicken coop, and picks every dandelion in sight.



Next came the raising of the hoop:


Our pal, David, came to help, along with his trailer of tools. Hooray for David!


Serious business, this.










This trellis has beans and peas popping up all around it now!

I will post some more recent pictures soon....really...!

And Amelia's spring dance recital:




It does look like there's something interesting going on back there, can't really blame her...



And this dancing queen made it onto the front page of the paper...I have a feeling it won't be the last time.