{"id":7502,"date":"2019-05-13T15:03:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T19:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2019-05-13T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T19:03:54","slug":"we-had-a-very-full-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2019\/05\/13\/we-had-a-very-full-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"We had a very full weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Framingdoor_3961.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Will and David working on David&#8217;s cabin Saturday.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday morning, Will and David took off early to start working on David&#8217;s cabin. As our weather&#8217;s been nasty for so long, it was good to get at it again. David had hoped to get the east gable end framed, but working hard they got both ends done, <em>and<\/em> framed in the doorway which will (eventually) lead out onto a small balcony. I fed the guys a quick lunch in the middle of the day then Ashley grilled chicken breasts, baked potatoes, and bacon wrapped asparagus for supper. Since Sunday was Mothers Day so we got up early and headed for our family outing at Byrnes Greenhouse where we filled our vehicles with plants (of course!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Family_3971.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Our family after lunch and our outing at the Byrnes Greenhouse.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we got home in the afternoon after having a wonderful lunch at Wilbert&#8217;s Cafe, a historical family cafe in Cotton, Minnesota, there was a visitor waiting for us. It seems a tame blue jay decided to pick our home for his. Maybe he was raised by some person \u2014 this bird lets you get up close and even lets you pet him! At first we thought maybe he had been injured or was sick, but he flies and eats hungrily. It&#8217;s fun having a new member to the family!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bluey_3988.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Yesterday Bluey showed up for the first time.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also had another calf born. This time it was a pretty red bull calf. It&#8217;s so much nicer having calves born when it&#8217;s sixty and sunny rather than below zero temperatures. It seems strange not to have calves in the living room, although it is less messy. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday morning, Will and David took off early to start working on David&#8217;s cabin. As our weather&#8217;s been nasty for so long, it was good to get at it again. David had hoped to get the east gable end framed, but working hard they got both ends done, and framed in the doorway which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7506,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7502\/revisions\/7506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}