We are still recovering from Covid, I have been slower than Garry, still coughing, and having vertigo (dizzy) when I turn my head. Garry has napped some afternoons, too, but he's getting things done. This week he started breeding cows again, and he's mowing the lawn himself instead of watching a student do it. Today he finished planting the tomatoes and peppers in the garden, as the colder nights are supposed to be over. It was 25 c today, we even ran the air conditioning in the car when we went to the city.
Garry has been working on getting the ground for the heifer shed leveled so they can start the concrete work next week. He also bought paint after I said last Sunday the chimneys on the barn were faded with the yellow and blue Ukrainian flags that were painted seven years ago (and repainted once since). A couple of the guys were willing to work on the roof, and couple of other students repainted inside the inside of the milkhouse white. A couple of the girls are repainting the fences on the yards.
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The bees are quite happy with the fruit trees and tulips blooming this week. We had a couple rainy days, half an inch one day and 3/8s the next time, so it was too wet to do a lot of field work, but cultivating and even some sunflower planting has happened in the last couple days. The corn fields were too wet to do, the water that went on the fields last summer means there is more moisture in those fields.
I did do cooking class on Friday with the students, we made paska bread (with baking powder instead of yeast so it would be faster). They got to take one mini one home. Today (Saturday) I made the all day yeast versions for the picnic on Monday.
Yes, that does mean that tomorrow is Easter Sunday in Ukraine.
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