Saturday, September 09, 2006
Our chickens are moving up in the world. A few days ago one of our chickens laid the egg in the middle. Big deal, you might say, but notice its size in comparison to the white "store bought" egg on the right and the puny green egg on its left. That, my friends, is a Jumbo blue egg and it came right fresh out of our chicken's rear-end. If they keep laying 'em that big we won't be buying eggs at the grocery store anymore!
And these beautiful gems were hand-picked fresh today by none other than the Henrichsen Clan. The boys really wanted to stay home and play computer all day (since Saturday is their only full day of computer play) but we insisted they join us for some fresh air, sunshine and family togetherness. As you can see, they gave in and pitched in with the picking. Caleb was especially thrilled with the raspberry bushes and would have shoved an entire bush in his mouth if Mark hadn't been there to stop him. Even still, he probably ate a sixth pint of raspberries all on his own--lucky for us they didn't weigh him pre-raspberry picking. Now it's time for making raspberry jam. Last year our raspberry season was ruined by the weather and we didn't get to pick any berries. Ever since, I've been craving homemade raspberry jam like nothing else and can't wait to get my hands (or rather, my mouth) on some. Guess we might have to make up a batch of Monte Cristos to go with it--darn!
posted by Shana # 11:58 PM 
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