Fridays Are Fun

Because sometimes you, your sister, your mom, and your dad just want to see how you would look with a mustache... so you try it out and take a lot of pictures.

I would say we really rocked the look, don't you think?

Kitten in a Tree

 

I have talked about my cat Piper Maise before (remember, bad decision, terrible cat, two ruined cashmere sweaters? You remember.) But to be honest, this adorable picture of her just don't do her justice. The picture above is much more her style.

We took this the first time she got out of the house. She tore around the yard while we all chased her and eventually climbed up this tree in my parents front yard.

 

That handsome boy saving her in the last picture is my brother. He finally climbed the tree to get her after an hour or so when we realized she wasn't coming down on her own. We got her back inside and left to go to dinner and came home to find she had broken a plate and a glass and was sleeping on the kitchen table. 

Maribel, Gertrude, and Beatrice

Remember how I mentioned we have three chickens? I got the first two for for Christmas two years ago and Beatrice (the black and white one) last year when she was just a tiny chick. Here are some pictures!

{Maribel and Gertrude}

{Beatrice}

{Beatrice and her eggs}

{The Chicken House}

I live in a neighborhood in California, not a farm, but having chickens is easier than you might think! For food we get them a 50 pound bag of chicken scratch every few months and throw all the scraps from our meals every morning. They run around their area of the yard during the day and around dark every night make their way to where they sleep at night in a little coop my dad and I built for them. They each lay one egg a day during the summer and stop laying all together in the winter for a few months. The eggs are extra bright yellow in the middle (I read this is because they are free range?) and are extra delicious!

And just for the fun of it, here is a picture of Beatrice when we first got her, she was so tiny and cute!

Things I Love: Family

This funny group is my brother, sisters and me posing for pictures last year.

There are six of us in my family and when everyone is home our house is the picture of chaos. In addition to the six of us, there are always countless neighbors, friends and animals running around and it is easy to imagine guests watching our house spin and thinking, what the hell is going on...



A few highlights from the Edmonds' household:

·         At one point in my life we had triple the number of animals as people (did you know rats double gestate and have up to 20 babies each pregnancy? surprise!)

·         When I was 13 we went had “Transportation Day” and rode on over 35 different methods of transportation (is an escalator pushing it?)

·         We throw killer parties

·         We have three chickens named Mirabel, Gertrude, and Beatrice (Remember this post about lacking pet follow through?)

·         My dad had biked across the country, how rad is he?

·         We have a 24 pound black cat who can sit, shake, and lie down on command