new years and since then
wow, I'm pretty bad at updating this, but there have been some update-worthy things happening so I'll give it a shot.
Firstly, New Years!
Several people came out to the farm, and we played some rock band. We even got my dad to play (!) see photo of him tambourining on the mic. Then, around 11:05 (after watching the ball drop in times square and working on a puzzle) we went out to light a bonfire. Heather was a little bit like, "Isn't it too windy for a bonfire tongiht?" and we were all like "nahh..." cause we'd done it dozens of times before. Well, this particular night was especially dry and windy, so long story short we started a huge grassfire. We all were stomping and shoveling it like crazy, and we made bucket brigades to stop it from getting to the trees. For a while I shoveled, then pulled water out of the pond. It was nuts. At one point the fire got within 3 feet of a lot of dry underbrush, which would have SUCKED. But then, at almost exactly midnight, the volunteer fire department showed up (yay) and put it out with their big trucks spraying water. When all was said and done, there was a charred area about the size of a football field.
Um, in other news, we got a kitten!
Her name is Haley and we adopted her from the Homeless Pet Placement League. She is a beautiful tortoiseshell who is shy at first but loves being held and petted. Please come over so we can socialize her to new people!
Ok, I'd better get to class now. But I hope to hear from all of you soon!
Firstly, New Years!
Several people came out to the farm, and we played some rock band. We even got my dad to play (!) see photo of him tambourining on the mic. Then, around 11:05 (after watching the ball drop in times square and working on a puzzle) we went out to light a bonfire. Heather was a little bit like, "Isn't it too windy for a bonfire tongiht?" and we were all like "nahh..." cause we'd done it dozens of times before. Well, this particular night was especially dry and windy, so long story short we started a huge grassfire. We all were stomping and shoveling it like crazy, and we made bucket brigades to stop it from getting to the trees. For a while I shoveled, then pulled water out of the pond. It was nuts. At one point the fire got within 3 feet of a lot of dry underbrush, which would have SUCKED. But then, at almost exactly midnight, the volunteer fire department showed up (yay) and put it out with their big trucks spraying water. When all was said and done, there was a charred area about the size of a football field.
Um, in other news, we got a kitten!
Her name is Haley and we adopted her from the Homeless Pet Placement League. She is a beautiful tortoiseshell who is shy at first but loves being held and petted. Please come over so we can socialize her to new people!
Ok, I'd better get to class now. But I hope to hear from all of you soon!