Bonny's birthday

[Year count 220]  From now on the updates will be a tad more focused on everyday matters. Still some community news from the island, but also smaller snippets from a farmer family's life.

Richelle (Y.) and Godrian Greench run Greench Farm at Maccaroni Island (correctly named Magna Island). They are both 3rd generation after the 4 settler couples (the SimBasic story). Richelle descends from Yvonne & Yespar Yea-Low and Rita & Roger Redward. Godrian descends from Greta & Gabriel Greench and Bianca & Bolan Blumington. You get the point - Richelle and Godrian's 2 daughters, Bonny and Dorine, descend from all 4 settler couples! So - it will be nteresting to see if they look like any of those first settlers.

This morning Godrian and Richelle had a little quarrel.

Yes, they are talking about their oldest daughter Bonny's birthday! It's today, and a party is coming up.

Godrian served breakfast, and they calmed down a bit. They are about to rearrange the plants they grow here at Greench Farm. Also, Richelle is trying to sell their produce to Town of Galucca. They need to focus more on just one kind, and some time ago they decided on pumpkins, but they are rather big and bring in little money.

Richelle will be going to Galucca in a short while. Godrian carries the blue alien DNA, descending from the Blumington couple, so he is not allowed to leave Maccaroni Island. Richelle is, and she holds a growing secret; she is looking forward to see Dr. Mahogany again. He returned to Galucca a few years ago, but gave his address to Richelle.

She spends some hours here in the office daily, planning the pumpkin export. Right there on the table is the Gardener trophy that Godrian's dad, Archie Greench, received before he died.

Oh, those farming traditions.

Out there on the fields was Godrian alone. He had to tend the plants before baking a cake for the party. Then, suddenly he aged, too! Only from young adult to adult, nothing to celebrate, really. Just a bit weird seeing him out there behind the farm house, cheering al alone... :)

Well, there's still time to bake...

Guests started to arrive, and Richelle welcomed them with Bonny sitting on her arm. The woman in blue is Godrian's twin sister, Boletta. The dark haired one wearing a short patterned dress is another sister of Godrian, Graica. Boletta is married to Richelle's brother and reside the western region. Graica is married to another of Richelle's brothers, Reynar, and they reside the Eastern region.

The elderly man is Richelle's dad, Alex Yea-Low.

More relatives arrived, and the party was on.

The elderly woman wearing a hat is Richelle's mom, Dorothy R. Yea-Low. She is a tad insane, but can blame it on her age.

Reynar obviously forgot to bring something. Graica had found some advertisement in a magazine, and wanted o show it to her brother, Godrian. It was about cows. Real cows that would give milk, might be a good asset to a farm.

Bonny grew up, and it will be interesting seeing her live develop from here. From the look on her face it's easy to see that she is a bit scared to sit on an adult chair for the very first time! :)

Then everything went downhill. Yvilla R. River, daughter of the Redwards and married to Godrian's brother who couldn't attend, well, all of a sudden Yvilla ripped her outerwear off, and stood there wearing her swimsuit. Well...

Naturally they all reacted. Yvilla R. River is Bonny's aunt (like half the island population are aunts or uncles).

I think Yvilla is insane. She descends from Yvonne Yea-Low, who also was a little strange at times, and the freaking Agnes Y. J. Hawk is Yvilla's aunt. Much insanity in that family, LOL.

A little later, the guests left. The farmhouse is too small for parties. It was bedtime for Bonny.

Hm... someone hunting for eggs? Or chickens even?

Week 16 Day 6: Eggs

First thing this mild Spring morning, Godrian walked outside to check on the new pumpkin plants. Half of them were up already, but why did the other 3 take longer?

Godrian was still sleepy, because most of the night he had been worrying about the chicken coop he bought from Jack Batfield. Richelle still did not know, and Godrian also worried for her reaction when she was told how much the birds had cost. Now, even if he paid only half the price in advance, it would be quite the loss if the birds were not delivered.

A little later the chicken coop was delivered, and Godrian could relax a little.Richelle rushed outside when she noticed the delivery, and when Godrian told her the cost, she said nothing but ran back into the house. Somehow Godrian knew she was upset, but maybe she too decided to give it a go before concluding with anything.

But where were those birds? To make it all worth the cost, there should at least be birds providing them with eggs.

Sigh, at least one bird. Godrian wanted to look inside, but there was no door.

Then he noticed a shelf on the back side, where 4 eggs waited. That had to mean there was more than just one hen in there.

Godrian found Richelle with little Bonny in the kitchen. The normal eggs were stored in the old fridge that will soon need a replacement.

None of them had seen an egg like this before...

Boletta is Godrian's green thumbed twin sister, serving Greench Market.

A little later Godrian visited the village center, but Boletta was not working today. Instead he decided to stop by at the little Town Square, where those Festival Fixers had rearranged their festival equipment. The Spring festival was on!

There he saw his friend, Pahomas Tulitto, the scientist, kissing a foreign woman. But Pahomas is married to Linda... what's going on? Was the girl one of the Batfields? No, Godrian never saw her before.

Pahomas was thrilled! He and his family recently moved to a better address, and they expect their second kid anytime. The kissing booth was just for fun.

So, when the scientist confirmed Spring, Godrian should no longer worry about colder days returning anytime soon. How long is Spring anyway? Pahomas had no idea, the changing seasons were new to him as well. Now he had to run, but he invited Godrian's family for dinner tomorrow, then he could tell them some more.

Godrian then ran into his sister Graica with her hubby Reynar (Richelle's older brother) and their 3 daughters.

Egg plants? Would that connect to the chicken coop? Could the purple egg be a seed after all?

Meanwhile, Richelle and little Bonny went for a walk to Peel Bakery. It's owned by Carie Peel, Godrian's aunt residing at 4 Greench Farm.

Carie's business had improved greatly, and although the upgrade did cost lots of money she had also paid back those money she once borrowed from Godrian. Richelle was glad she did no longer need to bring up that subject every time they met.

Carie has 3 daughters, the oldest, Blanca, married to Yamir Redward some time ago. Gabriella is also adult, and Gerda is still a teen. Gabriella helps her old mom serving the bakery.

Carie started whispering.

The bakery was quite busy. Florence Batfield, festival fixer, entered, and at the tables Gaspar H. Blockwell and Yamir Redward were seated. Yamir is head of the council, and his late mum Corinne Y. Redward was sister of Richelle's dad, Alex Yea-Low.

So, Yamir seems to bring on the one-man leadership attitude from his late dad, Randal Redward? Or could the new real estate plans actually be something good? The next council meeting is up in 2 simdays.