Clara

Clara's Roots N Shoots photo for 2nd grade...

Cache Creek

We spent our second Memorial Day weekend at the farm - it was hot, but not nearly as hot as last year. And there had been a recent release of water into the Cache Creek, so the kids enjoyed a good long swim with Mabel and Olive.

More Farm Scenes - Memorial Day Weekend

Molly relaxing in the hammock.

Molly & Clara

Mabel, Clara, Olive, & Molly celebrating the "completion" of the barn loft!

Sofi & Zach on the barn loft!

Zanklin family on the barn loft.

Molly, Mabel, Olive, & Clara on a tailgate ride.

Mother's Day

Beautiful flowers and beautiful cards for Mother's Day:

Random Molly Picture

Because you can never have too many pictures of Molly, right? I have no recollection of what we were doing here, but clearly it was fun!

The Chair II

And here are some pictures without a model and taken apart (it's designed to be taken apart and carried).

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The Chair

I've been eyeing this chair design that I saw in a book a few weeks ago. It seemed like it was a good combination of simple to build and useful.
So yesterday I decided to just try it. I grabbed a cheap piece of knotty pine and very quickly cut it mostly to design. This morning I screwed on the two braces, and voila! It's done.
These pictures show Clara on it, but it also fits an adult comfortably.
Source: The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects, "Pickin' and Grinnin' Chair"


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Molly

Another beautiful portrait by Roots N Shoots!

Girls making Mother's Day breakfast