Let's look under these leaves:
Juicy, red raspberries waiting to be picked!
I think they are pretty all washed and sorted:
They look just like little jewels up close:
Today we made butter from fresh cream. The cream we used was from milk that we get straight from the cow. We let the milk set in the refrigerator overnight and this morning there was a thick layer of cream. I spooned the cream into two clean glass jars and we sang the "shake the butter, shake shake the butter" song for about an hour.
How do we know when we're done shaking? When it looks like this:
At first when it was a small clump, Big T said it looked like a scoop of ice-cream. Then at the end he said it looked like scrambled eggs. Anyway, we had a large clump of butter in some clearish liquid which is the whey.
Then we drained the whey off (and saved it for soaking grains) and rinsed the butter of any remaining whey or it would cause the butter to sour. Then we salted it a little and here it is:
Fresh homemade butter, yum! Of course we had to try some right away!
It was very soft and spreadable and we enjoyed half a package of crackers with it LOL!
The remaining butter we put into the fridge and it hardened up just like any other butter. Altogether I would say that the amount we made would equal about 1 stick or 1/2 cup of butter.
This was our first time to make butter and I was so glad it came out so well. We'll probably be making butter once a week now that we are getting fresh milk.
Big T spotted this female pondhawk dragonfly hiding in the grass:
Sharp eyes, son!
Today we received our first egg from the 4H chickens that we got in March. From one day old chicks to egg-laying hens ... it's been quite an adventure.
The egg had a very interesting color; sort of a purple-ish brown. It was also a medium size egg as chickens' eggs are smaller at first. Since Big T does most of the chicken chores, he had the privilege of eating the first egg at dinner tonight.
These are a pair of Whitetails (male and female) on a rock in my yard.
Here's a close-up of the male:
And here's a close-up of the female:
Today was the first day of school here at Dragonfly Corner. We like to start early in the year so that we can have the whole month of December off.
This is Litte A's (and her kitty Nip) first day of 2nd Grade:
Little A will be learning these subjects this year:
This is Big T's first day of 7th grade:
Big T will be learning these subjects this year:
Whew! Now you know why we take the whole month off in December LOL.
You know you're a homeschooler when.....you do your lessons in the middle of laundry :)
Believe it or not we got all our morning chores and lessons done by noon. Then we had lunch while I read aloud a chapter from a book. We just started Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Then we went outside for a while for some fresh air and fun.
Look what we saw:
Here's a bonus:
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