Best of Serendipity (September 2023)

Such lovely neighbors who stop by.

Funny little hens, always sticking together.

Dominique... Such a good Mama hen.

Funny squirrels...
also annoying when they get interested in my vegetables.

Weary-but-still-producing garden

Friendly little back porch partners hoping for a treat.

Garden is getting tired, but still producing!

Best of Serendipity (August 2023)

 

Chickens in the backyard... a peaceful sight.

How can a zucchini grow this big without being noticed!

He crows all morning... and afternoon... and evening...

Chicken in the pot.
They found fresh dirt to take a bath in.

Such pretty vegetables!  

Best of Serendipity (July 2023)

Filling a gathering basket each day.

Fresh herbs growing.
Basil... Oregano Rosemary... Chives... 

A little bird family in my peace lily.

Pete.
Realizing that this chicken is a rooster.

Seeing deer every single day. 

Butterflies on flowers.

Best of June at Serendipity (2023)

Colorful things that come from my garden.

Big turtles that lumber across the yard.

Gigantic squash and zucchini leaves.

Morning visits from the neighbors who we love...
as long as they respect the fences around the garden.

This random sunflower (that I didn't plant)
that grew and stood guard over my whole garden.

Happy hens in the yard.

Chickies learning from their momma.

The sycamore stump coming back to new life.

Filling my little harvest bucket every day or so.

Spring Chicks

I love watching a mama hen teaching her little brood about all the things a chicken needs to know about the world.  

She's fiercely protective, endlessly patient, and smarter than you'd think a chicken would be.

I slipped these little ones under her one night three weeks ago.  They've been a happy family ever since.

 

Our Dogwood Tree

When we were building our house in 2001, the builders asked us we we wanted them to take down the scraggly tree beside the back porch.  It had been scuffed up and they said it might not make it anyway.

The next spring it surprised us with its big white blooms. 

 It did survive that winter and put on its show every spring.

 We loved our dogwood that stood right outside our backdoor with a birdfeeder on its limb.

It flowered every April.

Every May there would be a windy day that causing snowstorm of white petals that would litter the ground below it.

But it had been scuffed up during the building process.  Each year we wondered if it would make it another year.

Our beautiful dogwood gave us its spring show for 20 years.

We'll miss you, Scuffed Up Dogwood Tree.

Serendipity... :)

 

Busy Chickens

 

It's so peaceful to watch them peck around.

Hostas Are Blooming

Such delicate little blooms.

After thinning the hosta bed at my dad's home about four years ago, I brought home some raggedy little plants and plunked them in my front bed with hopes they'd survive.

They have completely exceeded expectations.