I was completely wrong early this week when I felt winter had arrived for good - the weather yesterday and today has been sunny, warm and terrific - and tomorrow's forecast calls for more of the same!
Yesterday morning BW and I made our semi-regular weekly trip to the market, which is in Old Town but accessable via an awesome set of trails and bike paths through the university forest system.
Wynn happily rides in the trailer, very much safe, warm and bundled - and most importantly, quite happy :)
When we get to the market she sits in the Ergo and we get the things we need, which are for the most part only things that the farmers market can't supply - grapefruit, mango, ricemilk, flour and chocolate (the most crucial of all!). Mom was enjoying her birthday morning by sleeping in, which doesn't happen often with BW.
Around 9pm, after trying for 1.5 hrs, Wynn finally fell asleep - Jenny & James came over to babysit and Laura & I headed downtown to Margaritas for some tasty Mexican food, pina coladas, margaritas (of course), and a serving of fried ice cream to top it all off. It was nice to get out on a date, especially one to celebrate Laura's 32nd year of wonderful life.
Saturday - had hoped to get the coop done today AND get the chicken in it... Well, we got the coop done but no chickens yet.
We want to attach the coop to our vegi garden for the winter non-gardening season - but the garden deer fence needs some modification to become a deer/chicken hybrid fence, which is taking more time than expected. Soooo, tomorrow WILL be the day for the hens to get a new house and tonight won't be cold so they should be fine for another night in the summer house. Basil is excited to soon have some poultry friends to play with, in the meantime he likes being very linear with other objects.
We enjoyed a very tasty lunch with Dan at his house along the river. When he's not writing music he works at a local farm and so made a delicata, split pea, potato soup that we enjoyed with some freshly baked sourdough. His neighbor has an incredible 200 step staircase built into the steep bank leading down to the river. Climbing back up them was a workout!
After enjoying some O's, carrots, and puffed rice (while Laura and Vovo Doido chatted in the background) Wynn is now taking a bath and heading to bed (fingers crossed). L & I will follow suit no doubt.
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