Feeling Good!
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Anita Baker
Yes, I'm feeling good today. I've been able to eat 2 (yes, count them, two) meals today, and no upset stomach. That is cause for celebration.

Maybe it has something to do with getting through my first bit of work on the new software we installed on Friday. I should have been done with this job on Friday, but it took me 3 times as long to write the report as it normally would. So, yes, today has been good.

This is what is sitting next to my desk here at Bay Colony Farm.



This is Ripley's litter. They have tripled in size in the past 12 days since they were born. I expect that their eyes will be open by tomorrow as a couple of them are starting to open their eyelids just a tiny bit.

Illume is a high percentage German crossbred doe who is due on Monday. Today she will get a nestbox put into her cage, and we'll see when she starts nestbuilding. Her babies will be considered hybrids according to IAGARB standards.

Mia (Maid in America), who is from Leslie Samson, was bred last Wednesday to Winter. So her babies will be 1/4 new import. She isn't due until May 7th.

Other than overseeing the rabbits, my husband and I have been getting ready to put in our order for apple trees. We will only order 5 this year, and see how they do. We will be ordering from this company, St. Lawrence Nurseries located out in Potsdam, NY. Bill MacKentley has studied apple trees for over 30 years now. DH and I saw him at the North East Organic Farmer's Conference held at Hampshire College last summer. Bill was an amazing instructor, and we hope he will be back again this summer teaching more seminars. I believe that we will be ordering the following apple trees: Burgundy, Fameuse (aka "Snow Apple"), one type of Greening, St. Johnsbury and Winesap. While the trees probably won't produce this year, we can hope for apples within a year or two after planting.

On the fiber front, I haven't done much knitting or spinning. But I hope to get to some of that later today, if I don't study first. :)