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On the way to school yesterday, Mason and I saw a guinea walking around in the yard across the street from Ava’s daycare provider. It was in the company of a couple of ducks. Actually, I think the guinea was kinda being the third wheel. One of the ducks would waddle over and try to chase the guinea off. Imagine being chased off by someone who walks like that. It would be humiliating.
Mason kept saying, “Guineas are rare in this world.” I’m never quite sure how to respond to these statements because his notion of “this world” seems to be a mutable idea.
So, I decided to tell him about how we had guineas on our farm when I was young. They were odd ducks. They ate a lot of bugs—in fact, they are praised for their ability to control deer ticks. My mother, Grandma Keim, liked them because they also seemed to control snakes. Their eggs are very hard to break. And, they are loud. Having guineas around is a bit annoying but nobody ever entered our yard without us knowing about it. More than one visitor to our farm was unnerved by these helmeted screaming fowl.
After several months, I am finally getting around to updating some of the pictures on the web site. There are several new photos of Ava in addition to the photos of the snow fort.
The software on the web site has been updated and now I can upload photos directly from the iPhoto program I use for organizing photos on my iBook. The short of it is that I should be able to update the photos on the web site more frequently.
The most recent snow storm kept us stranded at our house for a couple days. The snow was heavy but it was also the best kind of snow for building a snow fort—very easy to compact. Click on the picture below for more photos.
Unfortunately, the fort didn’t last long. It’s spring break for most school age children here in Lincoln. I guess some kids couldn’t resist “playing” on this snow fort. Two of the walls were knocked down. I told Mason we would have to build it in the back yard next year and he said, “Yes, but we better make sure we pick up the dog poop first.” Good plan.