Monday, April 2, 2012

Morels and asparagus

Due to unknown reasons, I slept until 10am this morning, only awoken due to a wave of text messages from J. For whatever reason, the past 12 hours of her texts got stalled until 10am. I later found that she has apparently had the same problem with my texts. We also had issues with her phone cutting out today. No one ever said communicating overseas was easy.

I was surprised to find C still at home. She was actually supposed to have the full day off, but went in at noon due to something going wrong at work while she was away. I proceeded to spend the remainder of the afternoon organizing paperwork to be brought to Germany. I will also go through other miscellaneous items to leave at the farm as J has learned that our HHG will arrive the 13th of April, only 4 days before I arrive as well.

J spent most of today studying for her German driver's license. It would be beat if she passed tomorrow. I'm sure she will.

J took more pictures of the townhouse we will be living in. 6 actual stories with two of them split level. It's a sizable and quaint place. I google mapped it and found a soccer field and track within a half of a mile from the house too! Should be a great soccer opportunity! The only bummer is that we will have to get Etsy a bark collar. Barking dogs are prohibited, so we have to be careful about it considering we want to bring the cats along if possible. Oh! There is also a train station within about 1/2 mile as well. We're totally set!

JJ, J, A, and C dropped by to visit. We played hide-and-seek for a while, had dinner together, and wandered around the yard a little.

After they left, R decided to go morel mushroom hunting. He apparently found a patch last year nearby the farm creek. I went along, having never morel hunted before. After about 10 minutes, R found the first one. We then found two more nearby. They were only just starting to sprout. I took a picture of one here. I also had the honor of finding the first wood tick on my neck.



Upon our return, we checked the asparagus patch on the farm and found a few sprigs as well.


It was another fun day on the farm.


1 comment:

Mom said...

Such fun finding the new growth in nature in the spring. I wonder at your sleeping in so late. I hope your health is okay. What is a bark collar?