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January Pictures

January 16, 2014 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

Just some miscellaneous pictures my two chief photographers and I took recently.

The older four boys are participating in the local library’s summer reading program. That has gotten the two littlest quite interested in books, too.

The day before, and the day after, New Year’s Day, two hens each hatched 11 chicks out of the 12 we had put under each of them three weeks before. We gave all 22 chicks to one of the hens, and she is taking superb care of them.

We rarely see dolphins on the way to church, but one recent Sunday morning they were up very close to the shore. I was glad we were early so we could stop and watch them for 10 minutes. That’s a Whale Watch boat just beyond the dolphins. It is a little hard to make them out, but you can see splashing where the dolphins are jumping.

The boys are weeding the garden for me this summer. They are each required to pull a bucketful a day, and show me before they dump them. To ensure honestly, they have to stand on them in my sight!

Looks like he likes summer!

Is your book more interesting than mine?

Little brother watches closely to see exactly how big brother does things, then does it himself!

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