The bird house. New birds in my coop.

New hens in my coop.

Lavender araucana, Mailis Design

Lavender Araucana (in the middle) and 2 Araucana mixes

I decided to add a few hens of other breeds to my flock alongside the three Brahmas. I paid another visit to Lutsu farm and picked out three new beauties.

Araucanade munad, Mailis Design Araucana eggs

The pale grey one in the picture is a Lavender Araucana, the other two are Araucana mixes. The new hens are barely half the size of the others, and at first the big ones were inclined to bully them, but we got past that. So now I have three large freeloaders (the Brahmas) and three hens that lay pale blue eggs.
Easter is coming up. Fingers crossed that the Brahmas manage an egg or two by then.
The new hens were nicknamed Little Brown, Little Grey and Big Comb.

 

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Violin case repair

Last school year, I repaired my grandchild's violin case. The loops meant for attaching the backpack straps had torn off. She cycles to school, and it’s impossible to ride while holding the violin in your hand. Naturally, the violin and case—which belonged to the school—went back at the start of the summer. Now that the new school year has begun, she has been issued a school violin and case again, but this one is in even worse condition than last year's. So, I undertook the repair once more. This time, I decided to replace the entire back panel—including the piping—and cover the torn section at the end of the case with a leather patch. I used reflective tape for the top layer of the piping. The video condenses six hours of work into three minutes. If anyone finds themselves in need of a similar repair, I will be able to take on a few jobs starting in February 2027, and I can handle a few at a time during the summer break.

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