2026 Happy Blog Challenge

Not so happy stuff first… As I write this there is a search going on in the state for an active shooter.  We are seemingly far from there, but a friend who works at DIY Craft & Thrift is not.  She is sleeping on our couch tonight.  Hopefully all will be well in the morning. Here are some happy things from today: Bel & I, with a little heavy work help from a housemate, got the wire mesh stuff under the chicken coop.  There is more to do before the chickens can stay outside, but strides were made.  In order to cut the mesh Bel and I rigged a way to hang the roll from the Baja car.  It was then super easy to measure it out. The book I am listening to, I See You've Called in Dead , is basically about someone's trials and tribulations learning how to live a fulfilling life.  I'm enjoying the story.  At one point the main character helps fulfill a friend's dream.  Then he asks a question that I will try to paraphrase and hopefully not lose ...

 Happy Palm Sunday! The flowers I couldn't quite identify the other day seem to be pansies.  One was much more open and easy to see today.  I could be wrong... One of today's goals was to move the chickens outside.  Since we moved in the middle of winter with a frozen, snowy ground, they have been in an out building (what I like to call the Firehouse).  Most of their coop was moved outside today.  The chickens are still inside the Firehouse, though.  Some supplies are needed that were not realized beforehand.  The big stuff got moved thanks to some folks coming by to help. The building on the left is part of the Firehouse.   That little building on the right is for the chickens.  It is far from the house. Some of the chickens. We still aren't completely moved in.  There is so much stuff.  Many boxes were moved out of a storage box and into parts of the house today.  My bed still has boxes on it for me to move before I...