New at Camp Bell

We just hatched 8 baby chicks! They are the cutest thing! I just love baby chicks, we had to help the last one out of the shell, but all is well and she is growing and catching up with the others.

We are trying to up our laying stock, so hope they are all pullets! What an egg-citing time!

Today is a joyful day too, because we seen the first hummingbird of the season, a little later than usual, but not as late as some years. It is always a good sign that spring is really almost here. Even though there is snow in the forecast for Saturday! Oh well, this is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan!

Take care and.....
remember....
~ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:9 ~

Skeeter Jorgensen
in the State of Superior (Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
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Our One Foot Snow Storm!

Well, winter is back with a vengeance! We had over a foot of snow night before last! The temperature dipped down to minus 15 degrees! I think that is the lowest all winter. I hear that Lake Superior is nearly frozen across. That does not happen very often. I have been here for 11 years and I don't think it has happened more than once since I been here.




Just to think that Daylight Savings tims starts on March 8th! But the good news is that Easter and Spring are not far behind! Just have to get Lake Superior UNfrozen, and get some of this snow melted and I maybe can see my daffodils by mid-May sometime. But it is the U.P. so we should be use to this kind of winter.

Until next time, here is a Bible verse that I read everyday to remind me that I am not alone and that God is with me all the time.

~ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:9 ~
God Bless YOU and keep you!!
Skeeter Jorgensen

Events of January 2008. What a Year...so far!

Well, we go from California fires to an accident in January!

I fell on the ice on January 11, 2008 and broke the little bone about 3 inches above the ankle. I have been in an "air boot" cast ever since. I had x-rays at 6 weeks and the doctor said it was not healed all the way yet, so three more weeks in the air boot. I am thankful that it is an air boot and that I can take it off for a few minutes every day. I think I injured my ankle too, as it is very painful to walk. I have been walking with the air boot for a couple of weeks now. I go back for more x-fays next week. What a way to start 2008.

I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, so there are many days I cannot get around with out the help of a wheelchair. When I broke my leg, I used the wheelchair to get around, until I could walk on the cast. I do not "DO" crutches. I am a menace to everything and everyone near me. It is a sight to behold for sure, that is if you can watch from a safe distance, behind cover, just in case I head your way! So it is safer for me and others around me, to use the wheelchair.

I have been putting a lot of puzzles together, I love jigsaw puzzles, and have discovered a new series of puzzles. Wysocki, both Charles and Heronim. The are great artists and now the paintings are available in jigsaw puzzles. I like the old Americana and Hometown collection, with lots of horse and buggies, American flags. The Hometown collection is a lot of fun, Heronim hides a stylized cat in every puzzle and it is great fun to find the cat!

Seattle

I had just set 10 eggs in the incubator when I had my accident. I was not able to tend the incubator, so my husband, Randy, took care of the eggs, turning them three to five times a day, monitoring the temp's and humidity. Well, he did a good job, he hatched 7 of the 10 eggs and they are growing like a weed. We put them out with the other chickens this past week. I know! We kept them in the house/utility room too long, we have had a very cold winter, the temp's have been below zero degrees way too many nights and sometimes not even breaking zero throughout the day. The Magnificent Seven flourished and grew to be quite the flock.

The Magnificent Seven

The Flock

The eggs I set were from my laying hens, no particular breed, but the hens are good layers. Evidently Rusty the Rooster was up to his job too!

Before I had my accident, I had ordered some Australorp eggs to be delivered the last part of January or first of February, well, needless to say, I had to put that order on hold. Luckily the gal I ordered them from was very understanding and held the eggs for me. They will be arriving the week after Easter. So...... Here we go again.........! In Randy's words, "OH BOY!" One lesson we learned, do not hatch eggs in the dead of winter in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan! Thank the Lord, I have a very patient husband.

I hope your winter was better than mine. I usually like winters in the U.P. I don't go out much in the winter, just to Church and grocery shopping once in a while, but I could go if I wanted to. With a broken leg, a clumsy air-boot cast, it is more trouble to get ready to go out and I am very leery of the ice and snow, I sure don't want to fall again. Maybe I am getting cabin fever, or maybe I should become a hermit! With the price of gas, I think the latter is the way it is going to be! Just got to get me some more puzzles!

Take care and until next time, May the Good Lord Bless and Keep YOU!


Skeeter