Spring Has Sprung!

More baby goat pix! :)

Lacey!

Joe!

Jed is in front, all 3 bros! :)

Joshie!

Aren't they cute?!? 😊
One of my other goats just had a boy and a girl yesterday as well!
So I will have to get pictures and post them soon as well.

Been super busy this past week!
I doggie/house sitted for my Pastors family, so spending the night, up bright and early to take care of the doggie before heading home to help with morning chores. Then back in the afternoon to take care of the doggie and let them out and hang out with them for a few hours before heading home for dinner, chores then back again for the night.
Last night was the last night as they got back home today. 😊

Been busy in the house as well, got my room painted a very nice shade of blue.
Now to get the new flooring in and a door nob foe my cloest!

Worked on moving and putting up fences the last three days. Thursday and Friday was movable fence panels, so we can move them later if we want to.
Today our friend James came over and helped us put in perminant field fencing along the hillside between our and our neighbors property. Got all 330 feet of it up! Yay!!!
Getting closer to have our property all fenced in so the dogs can't get out!😄

Looks like this weeks weather is going to be in the 70's! I can't wait!
I've got more fence panels to move and put up, so I'm going to be super busy. 😊

Hope you all are enjoying the nice weather and the springtime!!

Baby Goats Are Here!!

Yes, I know. I haven't' posted in a while... But I have been very busy.
No! Honest! last week was so busy I didn't even get time to practice my Banjo! :/
But it's been a good busy...  My bedroom is bigger!! The sheetrock gets put in tomorrow!
So excited!! :D

So on Monday, my goat had 3 baby girls! So precious!
I got some pictures of them today, they are so cute!

Flash

Just look at that face! <3 :)

Bambi (yes, I know that was a boys name) ;)

Indy

Today one of my moms goat a single girl and Kai's goat had 3 boys!
No pictures yet, but I will get some and post those soon. :)



So last time I mentioned that at the next 1st year class I'd be helping the Fur Store Teacher teach surveying on our own without the usual survey teacher.
Well, it went very well I think. :)
We told them a little about surveying history, they learned what their pace was for a 66 ft Gunther chain, and we paced the width and length of the fort and came out with 52.8 and then doing the math that equals 5.28 acres. We got the numbers all right!
We also added compasses to the class, the kids really liked that.
So all in all I think it was our best Fur store class day. :)
 Camp Day next month! They get to learn canvas tent setting up and flint and steel fire starting!

Fall is here!

And it still gets too warm in the afternoon's on most days for me to wear sweaters.... 😑
But hey, as long as the sun stays out, I won't complain!

This past Saturday we had our Summer's End Promenade.
It was so fun!! We had more people attend in costume then ever before that I can remember, and had more guys there in costume than ever before!
Which is great because we need them there otherwise those great outfits don't get to be shown off!

I'm ashamed to say that even after planning, leaving early to get down there... I forgot my camera!!
Ahhhh! That was the whole reason we wanted to get there 1 1/2 hrs early!!
Oh well, I was able to help some of the ladies with their hair, and do some others things.

I did get to get pictures with my phone, which I'm glad I got a new one with a better camera than my last phone....
The group shots turned out almost as nice as my camera, but the single shots were a little eh.

So I shall share pictures from the era's we had.

Here you shall start in the 1840's and go forward by decade (except we didn't have any 1850's) until you reach our final era of the 1940's.
Isn't it amazing how the styles changed over 100 years!

1840's outfits

The 1860's (the 1850's are very similar, but with bigger and rounder hoops)

The 1970's, from hoops to bustles.

1880's, still bustles, but they're getting smaller

1890's, practically no bustle left, they are more of a roll seated at the top of the hips.

And now we start into the Anne of Green Gables era, the early 1900's!

The 19 teens, these outfits are all from 1917, 100 years ago this year!! The boy-scout uniform is in the front. :)

The Roaring 1920's

The 1930's

And the 1940's! This era seemed to be the most popular this year!

 And then of course we had to get all the guys together for a guys only picture!

Only missing 1 of the guys! we had 18 guys this year!! Yay for all the outfits they got to show off!! :D

And now we are on break for the main events until Christmas at the fort on Dec. 9th.
We do have the schools to prepare for, including going over and accepting applicants this weekend.

Then we have the 2 orientations for those new students where us adults and 2nd year+ students show them the do's and don't of how to interpret and they get a "what to expect" from the leaders of the schools. :)

So how's your Fall going so far?
Hope studying is going well for those who are in school or collage. :)

Photography

Last week I was asked by my professional photography friend to be her second shooter at a wedding!!
It was my second time and so much fun! :D

Sarah loves to do weddings and is very good at photography and is willing to gives me tips!
If you'd like to see some of her photo's you can go to her FB page.
I don't do FB, but I can see business FB pages, so I get to see hers. :D

The wedding was at a place called Lucy's Garden in Ridgefield. It's such a pretty place!!!

I was able to get lots of good photos and thought I'd share some of my favorites. :)
Oh, I haven't edited any of the pictures, except for a a little cropping on one or two, so they're straight of my camera. ;)

The bride & groom

The grounds were so pretty there!

The bride

The bride, groom & best man

The bride & groom, brides daughter is maid of honor, best man & his wife

The rings, I thought the grooms ring was pretty cool looking! :D

Walking down the isle after the ceremony

I don't know why, but some of the pictures look a little bit blurry on here.... weird.....

The wedding was sweet and the couple looked so happy!!
The bride was a widow and the groom had never married so everyone was very happy for them both. :)


Except for that happening, nothing much exciting has happened, been busy on my work, finally got it done so can take a break! Yay!!

Yesterday our friend James C. came over and helped us do some fencing.
Got the first side done and both posts where the gate will go in!!
Hoping it will be nice again next week so we can get the rest of the fence up and the gate in. :)

This afternoon a "Columbus Day" like storm is supposed to come in and is said to possibly last through Saturday!
Hoping it won't be to bad, already lost power for an hour this morning and it wasn't even windy!!

Have a great rest of the week everyone!