Flowers of the day: geum in the new fountain garden. 🌱
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August 2020
On the homestead blog: ten days of ducklings, and already so much bigger! 🦆
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 21 is "crunch" (suggested by @gannonnordberg). Walking near the compost and chicken coops involves the crunch of gravel and the numerous cones from the nearby grove of trees. Here are some with misty spiderwebs. 📷 #mbaug
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On the homestead blog for Flock Friday this week, more sad news, I’m afraid. One of the two Rouen ducks went missing on Sunday night. #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
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Flowers of the day: Casablanca lily. 🌱
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On the homestead blog: today I added a ceramic cat dish to the duck house, as a baby-sized pool from which they can enjoy drinking and wading. 🦆
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 20 is "change" (suggested by @mitch), so I thought I’d combine that and Throwback Thursday to look at some changes in the homestead over the past seven years — 2013 vs 2020. 📷 #mbaug #ThrowbackThursday
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Flowers of the day: phlox. 🌱
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On the homestead blog: the newest ducklings are now starting their second week. 🦆
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The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question: the yellow globs are small drips of honey, from the honey super I put in the shop freezer. Plus some crumbs of cat litter from Pansy the shop cat, on a rug in the back of the shop. 🍯 #WhatsItWednesday
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I skipped last week, but let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? #WhatsItWednesday
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 19 is "ribbon" (suggested by @agilelisa). A ribbon of water flowing from the top of the fountain in our recently converted fountain garden. 📷 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: globe gilia. 🌱
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On the homestead blog: your daily dose of ducklings. Plus I went to the feed store to get more food for them, since I was almost out. 🦆
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 18 is "grid" (suggested by @JohnJohnston). Hops plants growing on the grid of the berry cage roof, and spreading to the different grid of the chicken run roof. 📷 #mbaug
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Flowers of the day: hosta. 🌱
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On the homestead blog: today I introduced the ducklings to straw bedding, and raised up the feeder a little, since they're getting bigger. 🦆
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The Micro.blog photo challenge word for day 17 is "cuddly" (suggested by @jemostrom). Ducklings look very cuddly, but it’s not a good idea, as that could hurt them, you don’t want them to imprint on humans, and they can be a source of salmonella. 📷🦆 #mbaug
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Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series 📺 #MediaMonday
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A classic sci-fi series from the 80’s and 90’s. We’re currently working our way through this series, watching an episode most Saturday and Sunday mornings after breakfast.
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Flower of the day: geum. 🌱
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