Mother's Day 2013

Well another Mother's Day is over. It started early for a Sunday with Ella waking us up, which was fine. We went out to the lounge room and had a hot chocolate until Kate got up. I got lots of lovely gifts from my 3 girls - flowers from Amie last night as I wasn't sure I would be seeing her today, from Kate and Ella - two boxes of chocolates, two Kangaroo Paws from the school stall, a new mug, and a gorgeous chicken doorstop! We visited Ikea during the day(and met up with Amie and the kids) and bought a few goodies for the house!

Out the Back!

Ebony-Rose is settling in beautifully. She's so friendly and cuddly, just perfect for the girls to spend time with.

We have finally had some decent rain which the chooks don't really like. But they did love being able to find a warm sunny spot in their run this morning!

On Wednesday during a storm, Phil added some more protection to their coop. We ran out of shade cloth, so the rest will have to wait until next time.

 Got to love Muffin's face! She's nearly grown all her feathers back now, so should be feeling much better soon!

The garden loved all the rain we had! The passionfruit is doing well and the veges I planted nearly 2 weeks ago are thriving!

Back to school!

The holidays are over! They went too quick! Kate is in full winter uniform for Term 2 and 3. Doesn't she look smart! Not the best photos due to the sun, but we didn't have time for better ones this morning!

 

And this is a photo of Amie taken in 2002, notice the blazer logo has changed?

Gosh, don't the years fly by!

Oh and Ella didn't want a photo taken today.

Moulting

Muffin is the first of our chooks to moult. She's only 11 mths old, so quite young still She's not a happy camper at all hiding away from the other chickens and from us!

I've read that picking them up when in moult causes them pain. It's a bit like lying on a bed of nails for them with new feathers poking through.

She's been loving all the extra protein - scrambled eggs, tuna, sunflower seeds and meat scraps. She's stopped laying eggs for now which I'm pleased about as all her energy needs to go into growing new feathers!

Outing with Friends

Today we met up with good friends (the girls dance too!) in Northbridge at a lovely little old fashioned theatre to watch First Position. It was wonderful, something I would highly recommend to all those that love to dance!
There was time to play at a near by playground before and after the movie. All in all it was a lovely day out!

School Holiday Fun!

We met up with Amie & the kids today at the ice skating arena! It was freezing out near the rink (of course!) I  mostly sat in the warm cafe watching through the window. The kids loved it though. Unfortunately the battery on my camera went flat before I could get a photos of Amie and of all the kids together.

Out the Back!

Bees busy on the lemon tree

Couldn't resist this pretty garden ornament at the local garden centre!

Beetroot, silverbeet, broccoli and snow peas planted!

Wormwood for healthy chickens

More comfrey for the chickens!

The grapevine is growing well although I expect the leaves to start falling off soon!