What I have been working on

It has been a bit, but there are some good reasons for it.

First of all, we went to Mother Earth News Fair with our wood-fired forges (http://whitloxhomestead.com/) and that was a lot of fun. Cori blacksmithed all day every day. I went through the fair, and Becca bought chicks. If you have any interest in homesteading etc. you should check out Mother Earth News and their fairs!

I got a book there (Mom and Dad bought it for me) about edible plants. Of course, that means today's lunch was a chickweed salad, with some mallow, sheep sorrel, and daisies.

I am also doing school, college as I am sure you have seen, and I am buckling down to do three tests in a week. I am in chapter 5 of my text books, on average, so I need to get cracking.

It is also starting to be hay season, and though I don't do nearly as much as the rest of the family in this season, there is enough work for everyone. Yesterday we got the equipment out and sharpened and oiled. I was replacing old mower blades with Becca, finding and puting away tools (I tend to be the one that organizes the toolboxes), moving the skidsteer, hitching equipment, and my personal favorite: riding the skidsteer bucket up in the rafters to bring down the accumulator. Fun stuff.

This accumulator is like ours, but I found the pic on the internet

And finally, I have also been working on compiling a Bible study on our hope. It is very hard. Very, very hard. I will post the draft soon, after I edit it and make it somewhat clearer (instead of mere notes that I cannot understand afterwards.

Puzzles

I like doing puzzles. Here are a few of my favorites:

Physical puzzles, like the Gordian knot above. I also like the Rubik's cube, but I don't know how to do the last layer.

Computer games, like Myst, Riven, Uru, Portal, Nancy Drew, all  the ones with puzzles. The Myst series is by far my favorite. You should try them!

Puzzles on paper, like Sudoku, logic grid puzzles, and (a new favorite) nonograms.  You should try a nonogram out here, but you will have to google an explanation because the site is from Russia. :-)