UFOs on the Farm

This afternoon my Blackberry went kaput with an ominous "JVM Error 102" message.  I suppose this is the smartphone equivalent of the Windows BSOD (blue screen of death).  Long story short - I'm writing this while my phone's OS gets updated.  I can restore my contacts but I'll probably lose my pictures.  For the record - this is the last picture taken with my BB:

I was thinking this afternoon of what knitters call UFOs (UnFinished Objects) - those projects that were put away for various reasons.  Most projects become UFOs when other projects demand our attention.  Such is the case with the couch throw project.  Despite my best intentions, I never found the time to finish the edging - things are crazy busy on the farm lately.  So it joins the fair isle sock project (complicated pattern), the silk lace scarf project (need more yarn) and the basic sock project (sheer boredom) in the UFO pile.

The fencing project has become a UFO victim of mother nature.  Last weekend Brady & I added the tension wire to the support posts so we can finish the last stretch of fence.  The back field is a mud bucket - we don't need the auger to dig post holes, we can scoop it out with our hands.  The garden is another UFO although Brady was able to get it tilled during a rare dry afternoon.  Most of the plants are in and I intended to finish the tomatoes and cucumbers today but - you guessed it - it rained.

Fortunately the bee project doesn't depend on the weather.  We now have 8 hives in the bee-yard.  As fast as we can build and paint hive boxes we put them to use.  The next batch will probably be light blue to match the barn.  :) 

The GC rangers are egg-laying machines!  Our combined egg intake is roughly 1 1/2 dozen eggs daily!  I should set up a stand on the road - "Farm Fresh Eggs for Sale".  Maybe I'll paint it light blue, too.

UPDATE:  The BB is fixed and all my pics saved (woo hoo!). 

What's Blooming

Mulberry (who knew we had mulberry trees in the back field), goldenrod, dogwoods

Coming Up

Finish the garden, beehive boxes, clean the chicken coop