Our Mixed Flock Journey!

[drstratton]

Maybe you could convince him to start up again. There are so many types of art, there could be a new medium he'd like to try out. (And besides, us moms always like stuff our kids make!)

I actually just asked him if he would design my new Fluffy Butts and Bunny's sign! He said he would. It's something I could do myself, but would love to have it come from him. It might have to wait a bit as he is exhausted from being a new dad on top of his heart problems. I also have an old milk can that I would like him to put a design on for me, again, in time! Before he became sick, he actually repurposed some old furniture for their Barn home, he did an amazing job!

Like you said, us moms always like stuff our kids make!

Here's some of his work!

Repurposed butter churn & he built the stand underneath!

Hutch!

Hutch & Table!

 

[N F C]

I actually just asked him if he would design my new Fluffy Butts and Bunny's sign! He said he would. It's something I could do myself, but would love to have it come from him. It might have to wait a bit as he is exhausted from being a new dad on top of his heart problems. I also have an old milk can that I would like him to put a design on for me, again, in time! Before he became sick, he actually repurposed some old furniture for their Barn home, he did an amazing job!

Like you said, us moms always like stuff our kids make!

Here's some of his work!

Repurposed butter churn & he built the stand underneath!
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Hutch!
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Hutch & Table!
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Wow, your son does beautiful work!

 

[drstratton]

Wow, your son does beautiful work!

Good morning!
Thank you Debby! He did do an excellent job on these!

 

[drumstick diva]

He certainly does beautiful work.

 

[drstratton]

He certainly does beautiful work.

Thank you DD! They have been talking about moving and they might not be able to take these with them. I will probably buy them to help with their move and I don't want these to get away!

 

[N F C]

Thank you DD! They have been talking about moving and they might not be able to take these with them. I will probably buy them to help with their move and I don't want these to get away!

Things like furniture need to stay with the family. There's a lot of workmanship and sentiment attached to things like that (at least I think).

If your son & his family move, will they be closer to you?

 

[drstratton]

Things like furniture need to stay with the family. There's a lot of workmanship and sentiment attached to things like that (at least I think).

If your son & his family move, will they be closer to you?

No, they will remain where they are for at least a little longer! They are trying to decide which direction they want to go. My daughter in law is a nurse and they are talking about looking into travel nursing, while the baby is still little! My son's job with the WSP will be ending soon and he his not sure when he will be able to find a different job. He has not been released to go back to work as they have not done anything for his heart condition except to monitor it. Hopefully they will figure out how to help him heal so that he can get back to supporting his family! Eventually, they would love to move to Hawaii (they want us to move there too), they both love it and the climate is perfect for him as he can't handle the cold weather since his cancer! That may only be a pipe dream!

 

[drstratton]

My husband came home for lunch today and we always like to take a walk in the yard, check on the animals & garden plants and dream of the day we can look around and see that we have small projects to do and not the huge ones going on right now...lol! Anyway I digress! As we were heading toward the chicken pen we heard a horrible noise and all of the chickens were freaked out, they didn't even come when they heard me call to them like they normally would, they just headed into their coop! We took a quick look in the pen and didn't see anything untoward, so I headed to the coop door and opened it to see what was going on! My husband was still by the pen and walking around it. I did a head count like I always do and noticed that Penny, my redheaded EE was missing. I asked my husband if he saw her in the pen, he said no! So, I closed the coop door and went into the pen and called to the chicks, this time they came rushing down the ramp from the coop to me, but still no Penny! There are a couple of places along the outside of the covered inner shed that we have in the pen where she could have gone, but she wasn't there. Then I saw a bag of feed that I had discounted, I thought it was snugged up tight next to the wall, I gently pulled it forward and there she was cowering behind it! All I could figure is one or more of the other chicks had gone after her...I've actually seen her be kind of a bully a few times...I picked her up, petted & talked gently to her...she didn't even complain like she normally would! I looked her over and didn't see any damage, so I set her down to see if she would get around okay, she seemed fine and still does! It must have been a playground spat and some of the girls decided to take her down a notch, mean girls...that is just idle speculation...

 

[N F C]

My husband came home for lunch today and we always like to take a walk in the yard, check on the animals & garden plants and dream of the day we can look around and see that we have small projects to do and not the huge ones going on right now...lol! Anyway I digress! As we were heading toward the chicken pen we heard a horrible noise and all of the chickens were freaked out, they didn't even come when they heard me call to them like they normally would, they just headed into their coop! We took a quick look in the pen and didn't see anything untoward, so I headed to the coop door and opened it to see what was going on! My husband was still by the pen and walking around it. I did a head count like I always do and noticed that Penny, my redheaded EE was missing. I asked my husband if he saw her in the pen, he said no! So, I closed the coop door and went into the pen and called to the chicks, this time they came rushing down the ramp from the coop to me, but still no Penny! There are a couple of places along the outside of the covered inner shed that we have in the pen where she could have gone, but she wasn't there. Then I saw a bag of feed that I had discounted, I thought it was snugged up tight next to the wall, I gently pulled it forward and there she was cowering behind it! All I could figure is one or more of the other chicks had gone after her...I've actually seen her be kind of a bully a few times...I picked her up, petted & talked gently to her...she didn't even complain like she normally would! I looked her over and didn't see any damage, so I set her down to see if she would get around okay, she seemed fine and still does! It must have been a playground spat and some of the girls decided to take her down a notch, mean girls...that is just idle speculation...

Glad you found her!

 

[drstratton]

Glad you found her!

Thank you, me too! I just couldn't imagine where she had gotten to...we were searching for holes in the fence. Silly chickens!