Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm

We vacationed last week in Albuquerque and Durango, CO.  In Albuequerque we stayed at a lovely inn:  Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm http://www.lospoblanos.com/

Oh it was just the nicest place -- and the food!!  The food was AMAZING!

There were lots of animals on the farm -- chickens, llamas, goat, and peacocks!  Here are the peacocks:

They also had a white peacock!

They had some cute chickens too:

Some strange birds (my Mom says they are guinea hens!):

And more animals:

So lots of interesting animals, beautiful grounds, and the most fabulous food you'll ever taste!!  All the food was made with local/fresh ingredients from the farm!

Hubby's Vitamin D Results

I'm referring back to this post:  http://veggiegardengirl.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-vitamin-d-results.html

Well my husband got his Vitamin D tested by the same grassrootshealth.net group -- and it came back deficient!   It came back as 39ng/ml, with normal being 40-60ng/ml.

This is a bit strange, since several years ago he got tested and it was around 50.  But, I guess things change, people age...  His diet is definitely better, and he was supplementing with 2000 IU of D already.  But still low.

Anyway, glad we know this now, and we can fix it.

My mom just completed her test and sent it off..........

Beware of the Chickens

This was sent to my friend, for reasons not particularly known....  (sounds spooky, no?)

Have You Ever Seen a Chicken Eat Potato Soup?

Look at that messy mouth!

They're eating loaded potato soup from the grocery store!

Crafts!!! DIY

I made silver spoon plant markers.

How to make a silver spoon plant marker:

1) Get an antique silver spoon

2) Using a cloth to prevent marking, pound the spoon flat (including the handle) using a hammer

3) Then draw some guidelines with a pencil -- and take a 1/8 inch letter punch and stamp plant labels into it ("mint", "chives")

4)  Polish/clean the spoon

6)  Use permanent marker to color in the punched labels you just made

7)  Use steel wool to clean the marker off

Another Egg Comparison

I've got several Oreo eggs, and one Butterscotch egg.  Here's a comparison of what I found:

All the eggs I've gotten -- you can see that Oreo's eggs have some variation in color

Dark Oreo egg and light Oreo egg

Butterscotch egg and two Oreo eggs

Here are the eggs...  Butterscotch on the left (smaller) and the two Oreo eggs on the right...  not much difference

Ceramic Egg Crate

I bought an egg crate, similar to this one, but in yellow, from World Market.

Super cute!!