~ 77 ~ Walk With Me on Our Nova Scotian Homestead

in #walkwithme7 years ago

I Had My 2 Best Helpers Home Today

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The roads were way too icy in the morning, so we hung out and made cookies. They wanted white chocolate chip/oatmeal/raisin cookies ... I didn't object.

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They're so great at measuring...

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Usually. Ooops got a little vanilla on the floor hehehe...

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And they're also usually really great about cleaning up their own messes. I have competent and capable sons, I'm proud of these dudes every single day.

The Part They Always Fight Over

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Even though everyone always gets a turn.

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Nothing beats using the beaters when you're a child. I love how happy they looked.

Almost Done

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Boom.

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Some cookies are more equal than others

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So I gave Stryder two.

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By the Afternoon Things Were Melting

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The icicles on our home will be getting pretty epic soon...

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We don't have any eavestroughs so the melting snow on the roof does some pretty cool stuff to the plants within dripping distance, as well as growing massive icicles by February all over the edges of the roof.

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Kiedis was digging "igloos" into the snowbanks. Stryder running around inadvertently scaring the poor chickens. Chickens...what aren't they afraid of? No one ever wants to be called a chicken.

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Whom are you calling a chicken? I was merely running in the opposite direction because there was a very important matter I had to attend. Thank You, Good Day.

And yes, @karencarrens, that is little Parker...I know, he's really blossomed into a beautiful cockerel, and looks so different now, but that's your little man :) :) :) Trust me, we only have 4 roosters. I can't get em mixed up :) :) :)

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The Igloo

Treat time for the Gals

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And as usual, everyone's allowed to eat except...

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Poor Big Smokie...on the outside, looking in...one day he will have ladies of his own, until then, Mr. Pendock makes sure he doesn't even try to help feed anyone. Feeding the #chickenbitchez is Mr. Pendock's job and he takes it very seriously. He doesn't need a rookie like Smokie fucking it all up.

Chicken Rugby

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This is where someone finds a golden treat in the compost bowl that I give them once a day. Today the golden treat is a stale bun. They will fight over this until the whole thing is gone.

One gal will have it, but she needs to set it down to take a bite, and as soon as she sets it down, another hen snatches it and runs off to a place where she thinks she'll be able to set it down...and so on and so forth.

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Some Pretty Things

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Thank you for coming on another #WalkWithMe, I hope you enjoyed today's shots! I'd like to go on a walk where you live too, so if you get out there for one, take a few pics, and post about your walk using the tag "walkwithme". I'll check the tag regularly to upvote and give encouragement. Let's earn Steem by getting fresh air and fitness together!

Here are a few of the today's walks by fellow Steemians who got out there in the world, and took us with them!

See life through their eyes.

Walk WIth Me I Saw a Drought Dam !! OH NO... By @lidiasteem

Following My Heart--As I Walk Along.............. By @francisk

#Walkwithme around the homestead this frozen morning By @schoonercreek

Mother Nature...Please Make Up Your Mind By @bluelightbandit

A Quiet and Deserted Walk in the Snow By @cognoscere

WalkWithMe #2 - Family, Friends & Food at Peace Valley Park By @devilonwheels

Walk with me thru DIA... 5 STEEM give away By @davedickeyyall

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Magical pictures babe.
Seeing your lads cooking with you gives me very fond flashbacks of cooking with my Mom back in the early 1970's.
It's a great thing to teach kids the art of providing home made food. Especially cookies 😃
You're a great Mom Lyndsay 😉

Sounds like you have a really great Mom too Percy! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 She raised a strapping Lad!!

Hey @lyndsaybowes first of all those cookies look amazing!! and secondly your yard is really starting to resemble an ice skating rink .. I would love a skate lol :)

Seriously though it looks as though you have a stunning winter wonderland. Absolutely magical pictures! I've still got my fingers crossed we get some snow .. until then your pictures are giving me my much needed snow fix :D

I hope you do get some more snow before winter is over, are you growing tired of the Fog yet?

I have my fingers crossed, and no fog for a few days .. although I'd best not speak too soon! :D

I have to commend your sons for one thing: The LOVE of raisins! I have always loved raisins in things and alone and even as a child often found other children did not. Even as an adult I often get 'the face' if I suggest raisins in things. I also love old timey boiled sweets/ribbon candy and fruit cake. But, I've been an old granny since I was two, so there you go. Well done your kids for being raisin positive.

Isn't it funny how it never gets old watching chickens play the "I have the coveted treat therefore I shall run about squawking and drawing attention to it, even though I want it for myself?" It always makes me laugh. Most Chicken antics do make me laugh.

My broody hen has already dropped the ball in motherhood, however, as I put some quail eggs under her to give her a go and she left the nest and decided to sit on some other eggs the chickens had laid, fickle! But, she is a new hen so I'll cut her some slack.

Lovely photos as always. It does often look like round here and wonder if I might walk outside and see you poking about with your camera, but alas you are far away up the coast.

Happy days, and think "Melt" and "Spring", It's my morning mantra!

YAY little old Granny when you were Two hahahahaa that paints the cutest damn image...

Totally yes about the "squawking and drawing attention to it" hahaha, not very stealth at all! Sorry to hear about your teenage mother broody...that sucks.

I feel the same when I see photos of your icebergs...we have such similar terrain...all that divides us is an invisible boarder <3 <3 <3

You DEFINITELY live on the RIGHT side of that border, that is for sure. When I travel overseas sometimes I just say, "I'm Canadian" it's just easier, who wants to be an American?

What a lovely activity to do at home! We never have the problem of ice and snow as we live in Bangkok, but during April it gets so hot we often have to stay inside. I remember eyeing up my mum's electric beaters as a child, it was always my favourite part to have a go with those! My son and I will have to do some home baking, he is always keen to try science experiments and I often find him mixing up different liquids in the bathroom!

HAHA right on @theexplorer! I'm very familiar with boys' experiments...most of my beauty products have become them haha!!

That's great that you're instilling such a love of cooking in the boys.

My mother was a great cook but for some reason I never caught her spark. Always happy to appreciate someone else's efforts, though.

Awwww....I hope my boys keep it up!

Those two helpers made the best cookies in the whole world. yummy :))

You have trained your sons very well! You must be very proud of them. It's quite an entertainment to watch chickens running around and fighting for food. At the end, everyone gets a few bites. :-)

HAHAA Thank you for your approval in their training @cheneats!! :D :D xoxo

Imma need to come over and inspect those cookies to make sure they're safe next time...

You would have loved them, all gone now unfortunately. Do you guys need any eggs?

Always a good idea,yeah I'd love to buy a doz :) Gotta get baking some cookies! I have a strrrooonnggg hankering for some now, haha

You can just have some eggs, we have a surplus right now :) <3 <3 Pick em up any ol' time.

@lyndsaybowes ...is this 2 chef your champ? I am captivated by them, I see they are very smart to make a cake .. hehe
I want to taste homemade
I have fallen in love with these two chefs, besides being good at cooking them very handsome ..IMG_3600.JPG
I want to meet and cook the cake with them ,, I really hope someday I can walkwithme with you.
I also see chicken in your photo very healthy, different from the chicken that is in my house, they are thin... :)

Our hens need all the feathers they can get, but under the feathers, they are very small and thin animals. I'm glad you love my two best helpers. Thank you for this meaningful comment @lidiasteem :)

:D means the chicken is fat because its fur ...
I am very happy today, 8 chicks I hatched this morning, and I have immortalized my chick photos, in my opinion they are very cute...
you are welcome @lyndsaybowes :)

Aww, congrats on your new baby chicks!

Sure looks pretty today, even if it is cold and slippery. Those cookies look amazing. Great Chefs. I think you still need to rent them out! They even cleanup! Wow!

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