Just A Bloomin!

I love this time of the year. The sun is shinning and the flowers have burst into color.  I decided to take a walk around my yard and capture a few of them.

My magnolia tree is a little wild but I love the blooms.

You should smell the fragrance,  Some day they may have smell a vision on computers.

Such tender little hearts!

It was a little windy when I took this picture, but I love the color of the tulips.

Love the color of this tulip!!

Just some more color!!

I hope you enjoy the little walk with me around my yard.  So it is on to the weekend with more weed pulling and more projects.  Keep you figures cross it doesn't rain!!

Enjoy June

GORGEOUS!!!

If any of you live close to Oregon, take the time to visit Wooden Shoe Tulip Fields near Woodburn!!  You will not be disappointed! I am one of the lucky one that gets to drive by the fields twice a day on my way to and from work! 

Aren't these beautiful.  My picture don't do them justice.  Last weekend my sister, niece and I walked the fields.  Talk about drink in Mother Nature's beauty.

I found my tractor!! How about a pink John Deer???  The day was windy and a little chilly but who couldn't pass up climbing on and dreaming of owning it!

How about a big old truck.  Just think of all the things I could haul with this.  All I can say is look out junk sales and garden nurseries!!  Yes, I have bright pink boots, love my Bogs!

So don't wait, they are at peek bloom right now!

The colors are waiting for you!

I promise you won't be disappointed!  I love my drive to work this time of the year!

Enjoy June

SURPRISE ON ME!

Do you remember my last blog?  The one I told you about how I acquired a ROOSTER.  Also do you remember how many times I said he wasn't staying even if he was pretty cute!

Well, I am eating my words and also I need a lesson in telling something.  Maybe I flunked health class way back in school.  For you see he is a SHE!!!!!!!!  You heard me!!  Go ahead and laugh!

See those great big white eggs?  My girls only lay the brown ones.  I was shocked to find them in the nesting box.  I really thought someone was playing a joke on me and sneaking store bought x large eggs in.  How could that little white chicken lay such big eggs.  She is giving me an egg a day.  So I am eating my words and she is staying. 

I have search the neighborhood over for her rightful owner but no one has claimed HER!  Now what to name her, got any suggestion?  I had thought about Lucky but that isn't a pretty girls name. Even though I'm beginning to think she may have ran away from someones dinner plan.

Oh the life of a hobby chicken farmer!!

Enjoy June

SURPRISE

Some days you never know what the day will hold.  It started Thursday evening. I walked a friend out to her care and she said "one of your chickens are out"!  I looked in my front yard and sure enough there was a chicken, more like a ROOSTER!!!  Now to make this perfectly clear I don't have a rooster.  He seem very, very friendly even wanting in the front door. I tired to catch him thinking he belong to my neighbor behind me.  He wanted nothing to do with it so I told him he was on his own.

Now come Friday evening my doorbell rings and my neighbor across the street tells me one of my chickens were out so I put him back into your back yard.  Oh No!!!  I calmly ask him if the chicken was white.  Yes! he says.  I politely thanked him but told him "HE" wasn't mine.  He apologized and I said no problem, yeah right. A ROOSTER!!!

So out to the hen house I go to see if I truly have a rooster.  There he was all snuggled down with the girls.  Being the softy I am I told him he could have a sleepover but we were finding his owner the next day.  So on Saturday it was paying my neighbors a visit.  Oh no, they weren't missing a rooster but suggested I check with the other neighbor since they also have chickens now.  After a check with them and visiting their chickens it was discovered they weren't missing a rooster either.  Now what?

Sooooooooooo!  Until I can find the rightful owner he is enjoying his new back yard, mine.

Mark my words, "He is not staying"!!!  I do not want a pesky rooster harassing my girls!

He is kind of cute but no, no roosters.  I have babies in the garage that are getting close to moving out to the coop.  He will need to be gone by them.

So let's hope today I find his owner for I'm posting a poster with his picture on it at our Post Office bulletin board. There is the part of me that thinks maybe he ran away for he knew he was doom for chicken stew. No, he is not staying!! Do I keep repeating this to reinforce this since I have a huge problem of saying NO.

Enjoy June

GLORIOUS WEEKEND

Can you say fantastic??? This past Easter weekend has to go down in the records! Now hear this proclamation!  Both days were in the mid seventies!!! Easter weekend without rain in Oregon, mother nature bless us for sure.

Saturday was spent mowing the yard,  getting the garden ready to plant, planting some onion starts, and loving the sun.  It was also spent going over the menu for Easter dinner and can you believe I forgot to buy Ice Cream?  So a store run had to interrupt my day, ugh!

Easter was perfect in my book!  Family spending time together.  I must admit one son and family was missing but that's the way it goes some years.  I'm going to share a few pic's of egg hunting and I think you will get the idea of how nice it was for the weekend.

The hunt is on! I should have taking a picture of all us dinning outside but I guess all you get is a tip of my coffee cup!

Did they hide eggs down the path to the garden?

Really the temp wasn't 120 but with the sun shinning directly on the thermometer it sure looks like it!

I picked a bouquet of daffodils for the table and they sat inside as we all enjoy being outside.

Have I ever mention I have a wonderful son in law?  I get this ideas in my head and he is so kind to complete them!  So as we were all outside enjoying the day he finished a little project for me.  My light over my kitchen sink was ugly and didn't work half the time.  So I wanted a new fixture but not a normal one.  Here it is!!

He installed the new drop down fixture and you got it, a colander for a shade!

I just love it!!!  I have to do a little touch up on the ceiling for the base of this fixture is smaller.  You should see the shadow this fixture casts in the evening.  Swoon here!!

It's off to a new week full of work, fun and hopefully digging in the garden!!

Enjoy June

Spring has sprung a leak!

How is your Spring weather?  I've checked out a lot of my favorite blogs and I would say Mother Nature isn't ready for Spring. Here in my area the first day of Spring was wet, wet, wet!  Oh yes, throw in a little hail with thunder and Lightening.  I know some of you even got snow. 

I tried to capture one of our down pours.  If you look close you can see the rain coming down in buckets.  I know, I know it brings May flowers but let's not drown them first!

With Spring it is time for a few new additions.  I couldn't resit this year plus my girls are getting old.  I know you are suppose to recycle but mine have turned into pet so the old girls will just live out there days here.

Aren't they cute?  Yes, five new babies.

 They will live in a box in my garage until they are old enough to go out to the coop.  Love baby chicks!

Before the down pour hit I had to pick another small bouquet.

Too me daffodils are such a happy flower.  Hopefully I will get a couple more bouquets before they are all bloomed out.

Easter is fast approaching and I've been bad on getting out Easter decor this year. This is about it.

Sad I know!  Just a little basket of eggs with a little lamb and a bunny.  I'm not sure how a red rooster pitcher fits in but it will stay for now. I know I'm just not with it this year. 

But before I end this post I want to wish my grandson a Happy Birthday. I captured this as he was blowing out his one candle on his cupcakes.

Do you notice the hand over the mouth of his little sister.  Humm, do you think she was going to blow out the candle before he got a chance.  Little stinker for sure!

Enjoy your start to Spring,
June

Is It Spring?

Our weather is starting to act a lot like Spring.  Some sunny days, some gray days and some rainy days.  But the temperature is pretty mild.   We are not out of the frost danger but over all it really is starting to look a lot like SPRING!!!  Now does that make my heart happy?  A great BIG YES!!

Now how do I know it is starting to look like spring?  Well, let me show you!

The crocuses are in full bloom.  They are so bright and cheery and I have several areas that they are blooming in.

My primroses are also blooming.  Actually these are a few of the news ones this year.  I like that they bloom early it always gives me hope that Spring is right around the corner.

I had to pick a few daffodils that are blooming to add to the kitchen table.  Yes, flowers in the house!  Does that make me smile!!!  You all know that answer.

I cut the stems pretty short so into the little rooster pitcher they went.  These light yellow are always the first to bloom.  Oh and the tulip are up and it won't be long for their blooms.  Am I a happy gal?

So I'm enjoying Spring popping out all over the yard!!!

June