Best of Serendipity (April & May 2025)

April showers... 

Even when the rain pours and the ditch becomes a river, chickens still need to be looked after.

There's always one last freezing night. 

 

Whooooo's that I spy in the tree?

The back porch is the perfect office space on spring mornings.

The side porch railing is my salad bar... complete with chicken wire covering since the deer think it's also their salad bar.

Every corner of the deck has a pot with some kind of plant in it. It's like a bonus garden.

Let the summer season begin!! 

Welcome Elfie! (Elfaba is our new little bantam hen.  She's black, but her feathers shine green in the sun.)

What a pretty little thing!  She follows close to me when I'm outside, my little partner.

The other six haven't been mean to her, but they haven't been very welcoming either.

How fun to see my beautiful amaryllis bloom.

Best of Serendipity (March 2025)

Daffodils are the sign that spring has returned.

Onions are the first thing to be planted.

Marie, Twinkle, Ruby Jean, Eleanor, Fancy-like, Pauline

Hmmm... 

First thing each morning, they come to peck some seeds or worms from my hand.

Squirrels... we should be completely annoyed by them, but they make us laugh.

The upstairs bathroom makes a pretty good greenhouse.

The deer like to hang out in the trees behind our deck.  They seem to get along just fine with the chickens.

It's great to have a helper when it's time to start the garden.

Best of Serendipity (February 2025)

 What a surprise to find such a tiny green egg in the nesting box!

 It's good to have a beautiful snow a couple of times each year. 

9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30.

Best of Serendipity (January 2025)

The backyard is pretty in every season.  The hens opted to stay in their coops a while rather than come out into the snow.

When the snow is fresh and new, everything is so quiet.

Just 6 little hens these days.  But they're the sweetest girls. 

Fancy-Like, Pauline, Twinkle, Ruby Jean, Eleanor, & Marie

Best of Serendipity (November & December 2024)

Yes, I do take a photo of the tree across from my mailbox again and again.  It's just too fabulous!

It only takes a shake of the sunflower seed container, and they come running!

He's a good partner.  He keeps an eye on me.

Best of Serendipity (October 2024)

Little frog claimed this pepper.  It's ok. He can have this one.

Our driveway in October really is the best ever.

It's nice to look out the kitchen window and see the forest friends strolling by.

I've never seen these little green frogs before, but they keep appearing this year.

Our yellow forest is beautiful, but so is are the trees in the yard across the driveway.

Best of Serendipity (September 2024)

It's not often that we see a squirrel just chilling out on a branch. They're usually on the go.

They really do make the yard colorful.

This little guy got to move to a new forest home. 

As the garden empties, the freezer fills.

Best of Serendipity (August 2024)

My harvests make me smile each day.  So, I made them smile back at me!

My houseplants thrive during the months that they get to live outside.

Having an herb garden has been a fun new thing to try.

We know that autumn is coming when the squirrels sit in the big hickory tree munching on nuts and tossing the hulls down onto the deck.

Marie has laid her first egg. We know it's her because her legs are goldish.  Her eggs will be brown,  Maisy has grayish legs, so her eggs will be blue.

When a possum figures out how to open the bin and help himself to the chicken's food, he gets a snack in a trap then a car ride then a new home.

Another early sign of autumn is the red leaf on the sassafras tree.

Sweet little family!

The garden isn't finished, but it's slowing down.

Once I pulled the tomato plant out of this pot, it made the perfect dust-bath.

I  think it's about to slow down, but the garden isn't finished yet!

 Everybody needs a drink at the same time.  

 My funny co-workers.