We got our first egg!

One our "chickie-doodles" is obviously precocious as at 3&1/2 months we got an egg!

Now I just have to convince whomever it is that eggs need to be laid in the nest box, not on the floor,

Over the weekend it was very busy around Rosevale homestead. I made "irma pickles" (6 Qts.) and B&B pickles (5 pts.) from some cucumbers & onions that I bought from the Banner Ranch in Clarkston and some peppers I got at the farmer's market from Tonnemakers farms.
I bought pears from Banner, too, a week-end ago and will start canning them this week as they are getting ripe.
I picked all the rest of our corn and will begin processing it for pressure canning this week, too. It's a good thing we have that extra refrigerator in the garage!
'tP' worked a long day on Saturaday, so on Sunday we went for a ride on 'Howard Harley'. We went with some of his friends from the P.O. who ride on a trip up to Harrison, ID to see the Harrison car show. It was really hot and even with sunscreen we managed to get some sunburn - UGH! - but the ride was fun and the show was nice. Can't say as much for the lunch we had, but we will know to avoid that place again. On the way back the "guys" took us through Stateline, ID where there is (among other "interesting" places) a bar where bikers can ride THROUGH the place. We stopped after riding through to get something to drink - we had iced tea and water only, LOL. Then we headed home so we could get our critters fed and take ourselves to bed as we still have to work on Mondays.