More Signs of Spring

The 'ladybugs' have awaken and they want out. I have vacuumed up and released hundreds of them, but I think the insulation in the basement is even better with the addition of ladybug corpses.



I don't know why we have decided that lady bugs are so much more delightful than these 'Asian beetles'. Sure, the Asian beetles stink a bit, and perhaps pinch if rolled over on. But I think it's pretty cool that they have hundreds of different spot patterns and they turn yellow and tan when they are dead. I also like their faces with the big white spots. I guess when I live with hundreds of them, I might as well find something pleasant about them. I have also decided that they help with pest control on my houseplants. I have no proof of this, but it could give them some purpose in the basement.

Signs of Spring (?)

April Fool's!!
We didn't have school today - snow day! We just thought that spring was comin'. Friends have new chickies, so that should mean spring is hatchin' somewhere, somehow.

























One hundred and two chicks arrived at the post office on Saturday night - after 9 o'clock. What a delivery! Well, actually, they had to drive to go pick them all up. They spent the first night in the kitchen, but they now have their own trailer to live in outside. They are doing just fine in the heat lamps - haven't noticed the four inches of snow at all.