Poplar Hill Happenings

Oh it's seed starting time at Poplar Hill

Oh it's seed starting time at Poplar Hill

Oh it's seed starting time at Poplar Hill

and the gardener is begging her husband to till!

(sung to the tune of "It's lamp lighting time in the valley."

Oh, but the ground is frozen!!!! Ice has it us! I've started my 'maters and pepper indoors. I'm going to try broccoli (wish me all kinds of luck!), but I can't get out to sow my spinach and my early lettus! Grrrrr.

Poplar Hill Happenings:

In the game room: We started the day with sledding and watching birds eat at the feeder. Later we went to see Spiderwick Chronicles. dd10 said it was spooky so she and I went shopping. Dh stayed and said it got spookier but had a very touching middle and end. So if you've got kids who spook, it might not be a good choice. Our dd does and we are happy about that. No need to fill your brain with scary things.

In the sewing room: I've been hemming dd9's pants

In the garden....oh it's seed starting time .....

In the kitchen: We are snacking. We ate out for lunch and when that happens you never really need much of a dinner.   I'm just about to eat the leftovers from last nights honey-curry roasted chicken with potatoes and carrotts....yummmm

In the shoppe: The ice storm has kinda prevented dh from doing any projects.

In the Library: DD and I are reading one of the Hiccup Horrendous the Third books (How to Cheat a Dragons Curse) by Carissa Cowell. Very good series if you don't mind the occasional mention of Norse gods. Also very good if the kids want to read about dragons, but you find some dragon stuff too dark. Very light hearted-tongue-in-cheek dragon stuff. Vikings are involved, and they often get their history all out of order, but over all very funny-How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse's theme is true friendship. Very nice. I am reading Eat, Pray, Love which my daughter bought me for Valentines day with her own money (mom beams proudly!), I think she thought it was a Christian take on life, it's not totally. If you read Anne Lamont the author Elizabeth Gilbert is left of her philosophically. It's also a travel log if you like reading travel books. Dh is reading: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin about "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time." It's on my to be Read List.