March 19th (???)

AMAZING!!!

Our weather has been amazing lately...

this would be GREAT weather in May...

unheard of in March...

today we went to the water....

another trip to Ludington.

Our temp of 78 quickly dropped to 62 as we got to the water...

but it was still a beautiful day - we watched the bulldozers

getting the sand back on the beach instead of piled up on the snow fences.

Getting ready for SUMMER!!!

This evening I grabbed my camera when I saw a couple of ducks visiting Mr. Swanee...

And ended up taken a few pictures of

REFLECTIONS....

another beautiful day in the forecast tomorrow :-)

RESOLUTIONS

So it is now March 13th.....

(Happy 8th B-Day to my grandaughter Brooklyn)
A N D

How are those resolutions going....

Well the resolution to clear my world of clutter -

could be doing better....

BUT - my closet, (and those tubs tucked away upstairs)

is looking VERY good,

after donating way more garbage bags of stuff than I care to admit to.

SO, some progress is way better than NO progress.

THEN, there is the resolution to try NEW things.....

today was the 2nd class in my 2nd session of YOGA

While my 2nd session was with the same teacher...

it was with a teacher who was starting her new business.

So we were featured in the local paper!

I am LOVING my yoga!!

and.......
there is another RESOLUTION
that we will talk about later.....
I will just say, that it is going
WAAAAY bettter than  could have dreamed of!
:-]

AND
Spring is springing all around us!!!
Life is GOOD!

 

CHICKENS .... Again!

Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL day...

we let the chickens out and they had a great time!!

The little ones immediately went under the tree

and ROLLED in the dirt.....

and ohhhhh it felt so good!!!

And here's 3 of the "visitors"

(that I am so afraid will be visiting permanently)

BTW - I guess I can't count very well,

we brought home SIX chickens - not 5!

4 hens - 1 rooster (this guy pictured) -

BUT then there is this guy/gal???

the chicken in the middle....

looks like a rooster,

but doesn't act or sound like a rooster...

hmmmmmm

Bob talked to their owner tonight.

He wasn't sure about that one either....

also, didn't sound like he had a plan on providing them a home again.

hmmmmmmmm!!!

ALSO, we took advantage of the great weather yesterday and took a walk...

Then we got WAAAAY MORE EXERCISE THAN WE EVEN WANTED

trying to get the "new" chickens  back in the coop.

Around and Around that coop we went....

BUT we were persistent!!

And FINALLY...we got 'em!

YAAAAAAAY!

Last Week

One week ago today we (AGAIN) were in a

Winter Wonderland....

On Wednesday we were in the 60's

more snow on Thursday...

warmer, but a cold wind today....

This has been a winter of snow and mud

which is ALWAYS better than snow - snow - and more SNOW!!!

More Chickens

On March 2nd we went to see what had been our neighbors house before it burned down -

and discovered that he had 5 chickens that were not being taken care of -

so we packed them up and took them home....

These chickens are SO big compared to my babies.....

it has now been a week and everybody seems to be getting along....

at least everybody is still alive and healthy!

An egg from one of the new girls and an egg from one of MY girls ....

The "coop" seems a little too crowded now....

I hope that the 5 can go home and if not, I want to  find them another home....

just not enough room here.....

to be continued.....

Birthday Party!

Last Saturday we went to a Birthday Party!!

Celebrating Levi's 6th Birthday (Feb.21)

And Brooklyn's 8th Birthday (Mar.13)

And today I am posting pictures taken by their mama - - -

thank you Shelly for letting me steal your pics...

AMAZING as always....

Landon

My grandaughters...Brooklyn, Mina, Morgan

February....

Gotta love those clearance sales.... got me some rubber boots

 (with pictures of little rooster weathervanes) from TSC -

the chickens thought they looked good enough to eat!!!

The dumpster arrriving at the shop -

which is now for sale...

FINALLY got this room cleaned....

grabbed my ladder and headed outside to wash windows...

yep, I thought my fingers were going to fall off they were so cold..

and I use that as an excuse for all the streaks :-))

Bob put up the blinds ......

then climbed the ladder and handed me

all the pieces of the light fixture.....

now it SHINES --- as do my teapots!!!!

AND  today....

back to the Winter Wonderland!!!!

Lemons!

Just in case... :-)

Life would hand me lemons...... :-)

I AM PREPARED!!!

our lemon plant ( not big enough to be called  a TREE)

BUT enough lemons to make lemonade for sure!!!!