Christmas Report

Farm Report

We had a tragedy earlier in the year when we lost our two baby chicks.  We'd overly relied on an electric fence to keep predators out and it looks like one was able to get in via the network of trees surrounding the pen.  It is sad when you've raised them by hand from little balls of fluff only to lose them before they have a chance to lay their first egg.  We think we caught the predator a few days later.  We also lost two of our hens, Sheila Honey and Ida Red (aka the Devil Chicken), to old age and/or the diseases thereof.  It's always sad to see them go, but chickens are relatively short lived.  Currently we have four head of chicken:  Oneda, Lily, Bunny, and Darla.

Construction Report

After our tragedy with the babies earlier in the year, we substantially upgraded the security of our chicken coop and baby house.  We fully enclosed both in chicken wire and field fence and strengthened the doors.  Hopefully now they're as critter proof as possible.

Music Report

Music wise it was a rather quiet year.  Due to illness and accidents on both sides of the family we really didn't have the time or the energy to host a rendezvous.  We also took a year off from our usual festivals.  We just jammed at a few parties and had one serious gig:  playing with Indocent Exposure at the Docent Appreciation Day at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

I've updated the Cowell Cinema and Cacophony page for the tone deaf and harmonically forgiving.  Music lovers will definitely NOT want to go there!

Anyone passing this way is always welcome to drop in and sit a spell. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season and we wish you all the best for the coming year.