Fleur de Lis Homeschool Blog: SL Core 100 (American History) Week 10 A March 18-24, 2018 Dh in Italy

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SL Core 100 (American History) Week 10 A March 18-24, 2018 Dh in Italy

SL Core 100 (American History) Week 10 A

March 18-24, 2018

Dh in Italy, Strings Group Performance, Garden Prep and First Day of Spring!!

Hello Friends!

Dh flew to Italy on Friday (16th) and returned on Saturday (24th). His base was in Bologna, Italy, but he also went out to see: Florence, Verona, and Vicenza. He had a great time and brought home some great gifts! The only place I haven't been to before was Vincenza and it sounds like a place that would be interesting to visit. Poor Dd really misses Dh when he is away, so that part of our week was difficult.

Strings Group Performance:

On Sunday our Strings Group performed a few songs for our church. Our song list: Let the Lower Lights Be Burning, Send the Light, and Never Alone. During the offering time, the strings part of our group played Mansion On A Hilltop. Dd and FA sang a little duet in one song and sounded lovely. This was the first time Dd has done anything beyond pluck her ukulele in front of a church crowd. Lexi came on Saturday and enjoyed our little church. She especially liked the youth group classes.

A male Cardinal for Chelle--he's drinking water from the pool tarp.

Lexi:

We had one of Dd's friends stay with us Friday of last week, to Monday of this week. The girls had a lot of fun together.

Garden and First Day of Spring:

Feels nice to once again list "Garden!" Twice this week I went out, with a shovel, and turned over the dirt and started chopping up the old plants from last year. I've had the chickens out and scratching in the garden some too.

Ukulele Week:

This was a ukulele week for Dd. I could hear her upstairs playing and singing her ukulele this week. It is always fun to see how she spends her free time. We've never had any video games so that isn't an option. We don't have dish or cable tv, so that isn't an option. I have stuffed our house with art supplies, books, and a small collection of musical instruments so she has some good options of how to use her time.

Chickens:

I used up a whole bundle of chicken fencing wire--not the normal kind that you are probably thinking of, a sturdy rectangle kind, and attached it around the upper run and inner sanctum to make it more difficult for predatory birds to get over and in.

Before

After- another 2 1/2 feet of wire

I've been wanting to give them a little more space without adding the potential for being attacked.

I still have some open-air space that I need to figure out how to seal off, Dh suggested the fine netting we had put over our blackberry plants in Indiana as a possible solution.

Ms. Lemon & Chicken Tractors:

Ms. Lemon has been dropping (molting) like crazy now! She looks funny with her long tail feathers falling out, but unlike the other chickens she hasn't lost her back feathers enough to see any skin, so she is molting yet not looking worse for wear!

I've been able to pull up weeds and other green things for the chickens this week, plus they've been making rotating visits out to the tractors to eat grass to their heart's content. I do wish we had more than two tractors----six would be awesome! I'm glad they are getting a better diet now that the weather is improving.

Sofa:

Tuesday Dd and I picked up our sofa! So exciting! We are going to keep it in the basement Rec. Room so the kitties can't scratch it. Our "nice" furniture is in the basement and our old furniture is in the living room---kind of backward! Dd has already taken over the sofa and enjoys doing her reading on it!

Photography:

I bought Dd a tripod (used, of course) and Saturday Dd bundled up and sat in a chair in our front driveway and took pictures of birds. With her new (Christmas) camera she was able to get some really amazing photo's, her camera is really good, much better than mine! She has always loved Photography and is thinking about taking a photography class next year.