My New Incubator!!

Since hatching season has started, it is time to fire up the incubators. I convinced my dad into by me this new incubator. And it worked! I set 5 peafowl eggs last night (Sunday April 17) and are due to hatch May 15. Stay tuned as I will have updates on the hatching process. 

Hopefully you can have a good week with all this rain!

Just One more Look at Winter!

It is supposed to be spring, which means green grass and flowers starting to bloom. It doesn't mean getting dumped on by snow! Today we got more snow, unfortunately, around 5+ inches to be exact. After the 80 degrees on Tuesday. My peacocks and their pens are all wet and look miserably. Hopefully it will be gone by next week. And when it is gone, it better stay gone! Anyways, here are a few pictures from this miserable day of winter/spring:

My Yard (it was green yesterday)

To show you how much there is!

This is interesting....

 Mt. Rushmore looking at Shutdown
     If the Democrats and Republicans don't come to an agreement over the federal budget, the possibility of a government shutdown could have an impact here in South Dakota.If the government doesn't get a budget finalized by Friday at midnight, Mt. Rushmore will close its doors. And that’s something tourists aren't happy about. You could say they're the most famous four faces in the country. But if the government goes into a shutdown, they'll be locked behind closed doors. If the shutdown does happen, all national parks and monuments like the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon and Alcatraz Island would close. ~courtesy Austin Hoffman Keloland News

Video from Keloland.com: Mount Rushmore Looking At Shutdown

Signs of Spring

What a beautiful day we had yesterday and it sounds like it's going to be even warmer today! Yesterday when I went outside I found these signs of spring in our yard:
1. The rhubarb is sprouting out of the ground
2. There is green grass

Have a great weekend! ~David

Pictures from DC!

I finally have all the pictures from our Washington DC trip upload to my facebook page. Links are below. These albums have most of the pictures from our trip enjoy!:

Days 1-3: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90595&id=1618663739&l=d656df4782
Days 4-6: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90662&id=1618663739&l=20df8eb26b
Days 7-9: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90712&id=1618663739&l=ae8a5f2c47
Days 10-12: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90908&id=1618663739&l=83a6e05a40

First egg of the season!!

Today was kind of split between a good day and a bad day!
The bad day part started when I woke up to this sight:.....

.....MORE snow!! I was hoping now that it was spring I wouldn't have to see the dull, white stuff 'til next year! Well I hoped wrong. 

Anyways to the good part of the day. I went out to do my chores and I found this:.....

....my first peacock egg of the season. It kind of took me by surprise as they don't lay until it warm out. Maybe thats a sign that it's going to get warm and stay warm. I hope.

Have a great rest of the week

Twins top Yankees on Saturday!

The Twins finally won a game against the Yankees! Score 7-6. Here is a story from the Twins baseball website:

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Twins jumped on Yankees right-hander Buddy Carlyle early and held on to give former New York righty Carl Pavano the win in a 7-6 victory on Sunday at Hammond Field.

The Yankees got out to an early lead on a solo home run by Robinson Cano off Pavano in the first inning, but the Twins came right back with a solo shot by Michael Cuddyer in the first inning off Carlyle, before breaking through for four more runs in the second inning.

2010 Spring Training - Minnesota Twins

Two errors on one play by Yankees center fielder Austin Crum led to a Twins run, as Crum dropped a fly ball hit by Danny Valencia and Drew Butera followed with a sacrifice fly. Matt Tolbert, who was informed before the game that he'll make the Twins as a utility infielder, capped the four-run rally with a two-run triple. Carlyle was knocked out of the inning after recording just one out. In all, he allowed five runs (two earned) on three hits over 1 1/3 innings.

The Twins added another run in the third inning on an opposite-field home run by designated hitter Jim Thome off reliever Steve Garrison. Minnesota added another run in the fifth on a single by Butera that scored Rene Rivera.

The Yankees, though, scored three runs in the top of the fifth, keyed by an error by Tolbert at second base. Mark Teixeira plated two runs with a double, and Gustavo Molina brought home a run with a sacrifice fly.

Doug Bernier brought home another run for the Yankees in the sixth inning on a single that brought home Jesus Montero. It marked the last inning for Pavano, who allowed five runs on 11 hits over six innings in his last outing before Friday's scheduled Opening Day start against the Blue Jays.

"Pav was fine," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He just wanted 90 pitches. However it went or however many innings, he just wanted to get to 90 pitches, and that's exactly what he did."

Catcher Austin Romine was responsible for the Yankees' sixth run, homering off Chuck James in the eighth inning.~ Courtesy Twins Baseball Website

Here is the quote of the day:

I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day and tomorrow doesn't look good either. ~I don't know who wrote this because I found it on a sign in a teachers room today.