Goodbye March

Well last week....

we had a visitor on the pond.

Mr. Beaver spent 2 days ...
swimming around...sunning on the shore....
just generally irritating Mr. Swanee.

AND I believe it was Mr. Swanee's

constant following, that made him think

it might be wise to move on...

a VERY good decision on his part!

One morning last week - I was talking to Bob on the phone -
when I noticed this little lady by the house....
oooops - I am the one who shut the coop up last night...
I am so glad that a critter didn't eat her....
BAD MOM!!!!


The week before last, we had temps in the 80's
last week we had some clouds

That led to some.....

SNOW!!

Sunday, Sunday...

A lovely Sunday...

Robert MOWED the lawn...

I doubt he has ever before mowed this early

(in MiChiGaN) :-)

AND I...

went to my 3rd yoga class this week -

this was a Nia class...

(oh yeah....another new experience!!)

then home where I

made Robert potato salad....

and something we will call

"ALMOST" an apple dumpling ;-)



Kicken' Back

Today was a cold and rainy day!

Well let's say COLDER...

in the high 50's

we are still above our average for this time of year.

I looked out today to see the chickens

taking a little rest on the deck....



MARCH 22nd ??!!!

SOOOO here we are

ANOTHER record breaking day for high temps...

EVERYBODY

is talking about it!!!

People are saying....

I am confused----can't believe it's only March!

AHHHHH

sweet Michigan.......

Today - I went to the garden and cut some CHIVES......

(SOOO good in my salad this evening)

Our Forsythias .....really????

It's only March 22!!!

 Mr. Swanee - looking handsome!

And then....

this is one of George's roosters....

A GIANT compared to ours!

according to Bob, a very docile rooster -

As I was going to the garden today, to cut some chives,.

he got a little too close,

I scared him away by swinging my colander at him

and yelling for him to GET BACK!!

Later...

I was walking outside,

talking to...."Mr. Big" -as I call him'

I really thought he liked me....

he seemed to be following me around the yard...

when all of a sudden he was THERE on my ankle....

I screamed and pushed him away....

BUT he came at me again....

at which point I YELLED for the hubby and he chased him away.

(Still not sure if he doesn't like me ....or maybe likes me toooo much!)

ANYWAY..

So now I am looking over my shoulder every time I walk in the yard...

we shall see how  this one will resolve itself....

all I can say is  -

Mr. Big, you had  better calm yourself down or you could end up

the CHICKEN in somebody's noodle soup!!!!

SPRING!!

WOW..

   never before have we had such weather in March!

Temps are breaking records....

Flowers are blooming and crops are growing...

WAY too early -

 I can't believe they won't be covered in snow

at least once before the warm weather settles in "for real"!

But this first day of Spring was a beautiful one,

AND

I enjoyed it by going  to yoga this morning....

then again this evening,

 when I attended my first nidra class...

a good day.....

Happy Spring!



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!