My loom still is a cat sleeping spot while the Paralympics happened.  But I really enjoyed watching the athletes are their amazing abilities during the games, even though I couldn’t weave.

I figured out that I think the hen that was eaten by the bald eagle is a New Hampshire that looks like this one that we still have.  Unfortunately I think it was the mate to Bluey, my favorite rooster.  He no longer goes outside much. So that is sad.  Trying to keep the rest of the chickens alive.

I am having baby fish show up in one of my aquariums.  They are the cherry barbs.  I got behind in cleaning the tanks which usually involves cleaning the gravel and noticed a little speck.  Well they are growing up, and it is fun to watch.  The most I have counted is 4, but the grandkids think they have counted 8.

On an impulse I bought some Robin Eggs well before Easter.  I just love them.

I also bought an Operation game in anticipation of the grandkids visiting.  They re-added the sound again which is great.  It was fun playing with William.  Piper is not a fan.

But she did make this picture of Dad’s cabin in a snowstorm.  I love it!

Here she is with Wally.  I did have the Paralympics on as well.

Piper and William made a fort in our backyard.  They cleared out some tree branches and have a private place in amongst the trees.  They seem to like it.

I took the beagle out back and noticed the grass is starting to grow despite the cold weather we have been having.  I am hoping to start rotational grazing soon.

William was riding his quad out back.  In the first video he is going slower because the beagle and I are nearby.  The second video is closer to his normal speed.  It is still quite muddy.

Because it was Pi Day on Saturday, I made chicken pot pies for dinner.  The kids didn’t want them so had Mac n Cheese instead.  But they did eat some leftover pie crust bake with cinnamon sugar one top.  William really liked that, but Piper not so much.

Sunday for breakfast I made colorful waffles.  The green ones were peanut butter, the yellow banana, red was raspberry and blue was blueberry.  The kids enjoyed them.

This is our living room table after one day of grandkids.

Piper was making beaded bracelets.  She made me a gorgeous one.

I left to travel to Fir Island.  En route I saw these blooming daffodils.

And these Snow Geese.  I really do live in a beautiful place.

I was going to Skagit City School to hear the first of three lectures on the Equality Colony.  This colony has been a fascination of mine since moving to the area in the 1990s.  I listened to this author discuss his research and book on the topic.  I did purchase the book and look forward to reading it.  I also look forward to the next two lectures.

So that was my week.  We shall see what this next one will bring.

P.S.  I wanted to mention again that I keep the recipes that I have made and liked in a Pinterest board.  Quite a few are from NYT Cooking which you have to pay to access, but a lot are from free sites as well.  This was  suggestion from my sister-in-law quite a while ago, and I am glad I have kept this up.  It helps me find my recipes.  Plus the other day I was admiring all the pretty photos of yummy foods.