Sights from around Crooked Acres.
I know it’s been FOREVER since I’ve had a Crooked Acres Wednesday (or Thursday). I’ll try to get ’em done more often – maybe not every week, but at least once a month!
The chickens gather, hoping that I’ve got something good to eat.
We only let one hen hatch chicks so far this year – she ended up with 6 of them, of varying colors.
Can you guess who this is? That’s right, it’s Arnold! Arnold, it turns out, is a girl.
The chickens accompany us out to the pond.
There are plenty of bugs out by the pond. Usually the chickens only stay out there for a minute or two before they head back to the area around their coop. They don’t stray too far from home.
Rooster keeps an eye on his wimminfolk.
Cruella.
Pretty little chick.
Meredith Grey’s looking a little ratty.
Buff Orpington hen – one of the original 12, I believe. Which makes her… 6ish? I think?
The Rock Star. I need to get an updated picture of her for the next Crooked Acres picture extravaganza. Fred decided she needed a trim of her head feathers – they get in the way and she can’t see anything, so I trim them back a couple of times a year. This time, instead of just trimming them back a bit, I gave her what could reasonably be described as a mullet. It ain’t pretty – but she has no problem seeing the world around her!
It’s beyond me how these dogs can be SO happy when they’re under all that fur. I know that it’s insulating and protects them from the sun, but just looking at them makes me sweat.
Pretty Gracie girl.
::THLURP::
It’s a rough, rough life.
Bee on catnip. I really need to cut that catnip back – but the bees love it.
I read somewhere (on Pinterest, I’m SURE) that you can plant the bottom of a bunch of celery (with the stalks all cut off) and it’ll grow back. I was skeptical, but it seems to actually be working. I don’t think the celery’s crazy about the heat, but it’s hanging in there! I don’t actually use much celery (I’m not a big fan), but I wonder if this will taste better than the stuff I buy in the store.
This is the compost heap. It’s LOADED down with squash plants and there are a few tomato plants, too. We’ve harvested a few small summer squash, but the plants are all loaded down with squash bugs, too, so the plants are beginning to die off.
The blueberry bushes are doing pretty well. I managed to pick about 1/2 cup of blueberries last week – and made muffins!
We are going to be so loaded down with Muscadines (wild grapes, for those of you who’ve never heard of them) this year. I already have a ton of Muscadine jelly left over from last year. Do we need more? Fred seems to think so!
Baby Muscadines.
The pond, in the late afternoon.
Someone told me last year what these are called, but I don’t remember. They’re not Dragonflies, they’re something else. Anyone know?
Ducks, waiting for the 4th (female) duck to finish laying her egg. They sure do stick together, those four.
I have a video for you! When we have pasta for dinner, I always make a little (okay, a lot) extra. The chickens LOVE them some leftover pasta (almost always angel hair – not that they care what kind of pasta, they just love their carbs), and I actually remembered to get a video of the feeding.
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Best toy ever: the packing strap off a package. I have yet to meet a cat who wasn’t interested in playing with one.
They love to drag it around, bat at it, play with it together.
Ember considers her next move.
“Halp! HALP!”
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Brandon keeps an eye on me.
And Hodor keeps an eye on whatever’s on the other side of that track toy.
Arya checks out the toys.
“There’s something right behind me, isn’t there?”
Hodor checks to see if the washcloth is clean enough for his standards.
Jon Snow comes out from hiding behind the cat tree.
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Look, I’m not trying to disparage anyone’s professionalism here or anything, but Sheriff Mama sure does like to lay down on the job an awful lot.
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Previously
2012: Guest Post, by Stompers.
2011: No entry.
2010: No entry.
2009: No entry.
2008: Kaylee will not be deterred.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.