The Little Red Barn

 It's almost done!  Cedar shingles matching the house will go on the ground level walls.  The chickens are excited for their posh surroundings, maybe?

 Instructions from eight-year old chicken farmers on how to boil and peel the perfect egg:

• In saucepan, cover eggs in cool water over medium heat.
• Bring to boil and begin timer: 9 - 10 min for small

                                                     10 - 11 for medium sized eggs
                                                     11 - 12 for large sized eggs

• Plunge immediately in cold water to cool quickly.
• Crack egg all over and peel.  Be sure to get underneath the thin, transparent membrane and it will slip off.  If being subborn, use a spoon up-side-down to separate the egg from the shell.  It is false that fresh eggs are harder to peel.  Sometimes you get some 'duds' that just won't give it up, but it's not necessarily because they're too fresh.  These are about 3 hours laid.

 'Summer School' began today.  Saw this idea of a double binder at Utah/Idaho school supply.  They were rather $$, but the idea of glueing single binders together made sense.  I used E6000 glue and they are bound to-ge-thu  fo-e-va.  I really like how they lay and store straight and keep similar subjects together.  These will be for Spelin' and Gramer.  Another set will be for Reedin and Riitin'.  One more for Histery and Si-ance.  Math has its own workbook and won't need a binder.

A Lefty and a Righty.

A truism I found in my reading today:  ". . . no one, if he have a heart, can pass through this (deep sorrow) and not carry sadness in his spirit with him forever.  But he seldom shows it openly; it bides within him, enriching his cheerfulness and rendering him of better service to his fellow-men."  -Owen Wister-