Fresh Eggs

 

I took a visit to my mother's garden last weekend. It was long overdue and I enjoyed the time.  She acquired some chickens and roosters a couple of months ago and I wasn't quite sure what she was thinking. But, after seeing how pretty the hens and rooster were, and the neat little coop that my mom and dad built for them, I have to say they started to grow on me.

The eggs are quite colorful gorgeous as well.

They fashioned together this neat little coop.

One of the bright red hens.

 The handsome rooster.  He liked posing for the camera.

 When the hens weren't clucking about, they made this funny humming chorus that was sweet and quite peaceful.

Jimmie the Turtle Returns!

 This is our neighborhood turtle, Jimmie.  He is a little camera shy.  He first came around We first discovered him last summer.  When we were working in our front yard, he crawled out of the middle "jungle" around the pine trees.  He stuck around for a couple of days and then we didn't see him again.  We were pretty sure he was still close by, because we have noticed several nibbles on our plants throughout the year.  The pictures below were taken last summer/fall.

If you compare the markings in these two photos with the first photo, you can tell it is the same turtle.  Good ole' Jimmie.  Some people say that you can mark them with fingernail polish to make sure it is the same turtle.  I am pretty sure that would wear off in a year's time, however.

Blueberry Tree Project

Summer around here means lots of craft time and yard projects.  We recently took on our blueberry trees and prettied them up a little.

 These are our beloved blueberry trees.   They bring us much joy...

...in the form of blueberry and mixed berry cobblers!

This is a "before" picture of our blueberry trees.  Notice that we added a border of stones and some fresh mulch.  They thanked us by producing so many berries that we literally thought they were growing back by the time we picked all the way around.  Shortly after, tropical storm Debbie blessed us with a lot of rain.  The grass loved it; the fruit trees not-so-much.  We haven't had any berries since the storms.  The trees still look great and are producing new growth like crazy, but no fruit.  Our lovely friends at Home Depot said that the fruit trees in the area went into shock from the large amount of rain at one time.

I also painted these concrete blocks and used them as planters for some backyard blooms.
"Go forth into the day and make it good."  "Bless these Blooms." 

 "Home -- where the flowers grow a little taller!"