Dad, Andy, and Craig worked on building the duck house all day today. They got the base finished, and I started priming it while they worked on framing the walls.

I ran out of primer, and they ran out of 2x4s. Dad and Andy went off to the store, and Mom and I decided to whip up some jam. Too bad the propane ran out right before the fruit began to boil. Bummer. We weren’t able to get the tanks off, so we had to put things on hold and wait for the guys to get back and use their muscles of steel to unhook the tanks. They ran down to J&Js for a fill up, and we finally got to make jam. It’s YUMMY. Would be better without the seeds, but still yummy.

We made 8 pints of jam, and used up most of the berries we picked on Saturday. Time to pick more! I’d like to try and make a pie tomorrow, so not only will I need more berries but ‘ll also need to figure out how to strain most of the seeds out. It’s all a learning experience.