Getting ready for Spring!

With just 10 days before spring officially starts in Australia, we made a start today getting the back ready for sitting out there and enjoying the rays! There was some colour added (I do love pansies!) seeds to sort, chairs and cushions to clean, cobwebs to get down, tables to oil, new shoots to admire. The temperature was 20 degrees, just perfect for me! I am looking forward to getting out there again over the next month and enjoying the change of season.

The Weekend

The girls had the camera in full swing over the weekend, here are some of my favourite shots they took.

bacon and egg pies for the freezer

cute chickens

forever flipping

out by the garden

they are obsessed with their American Girl Dolls

Chook of the Week!

Meet ...

Omelette
DOB: 9th March 2012
Age: 17 months
Breed: Wyandotte Bantam
Nicknames: Ommy, Ommy Pommy
Personality: One of our first chooks.  The Boss of the flock! Always last in bed at night. Loves to jump on ladders. Very cuddly. Excellent layer. Lays small white eggs, but has laid a few double yolkers and was our first chicken to lay TWO eggs in one day. Lays 5-6 times a week. Has gone broody twice before. Belongs to Ella, and was named after a chicken on tv.

Flowers!

Phil has been growing these lillies from a cutting. Aren't they beautiful! Spring is not too far away!

Our Cat!

Gordon loves to sleep in Kates wardrobe during the day. He sneaks in after she goes to school and gets out about 2:45pm, like clockwork. He never goes in on the weekends/holidays when she is home as she doesn't really like him in there. He sleeps mostly in the pink basket, but anywhere will do!

The reason for the mess in there is that Kate 'tries' to make it impossible for him to be comfortable in there hoping he will find somewhere else to sleep! So far, she's had no luck.

Garden Update

We have had quite a bit of much needed rain lately, it really has been lovely to see! The chooks are not so fond of it. They are happy if it is sprinkling lightly, but any heavier and they run for cover. That usually means up on the patio. I try to let them out in-between the heavy rain. I took these photos this morning while the rain stopped for 10 minutes. We are onto our last broccoli now, after I have cut the head off, the rest goes to the chickens. They love that. The snow peas are out of control, and we have our first bean!

Chicken Coop Clean-Up!

It was such a warm day today, so it was time to rake up all the damp straw after heavy rain and add it to the compost. The nesting boxes got a good clean out to, the chooks were so impressed that Phoebe laid a second egg for the day as soon as the fresh straw was put in! They loved nosey-ing around to see what I was doing.