Bought a few Pullets ~

As you know, I need a certain number of hens to 

keep a tick free area

 around the house and pastures.

Not up to raising chicks out right now, 

like I would normally do.

So a local farm that has good stock, had some pullets for sale.
Should only take a week to get them used to the place and integrated with the main flock.

The red mottled ones are called ,"Calico Princess". 

Never heard of that breed before.
Others are just Dark Brahmas.

 I really want more Marans but that has to wait until

 I can find some.

Stjarna and Her Goats

My Icelandic mare Stjarna, enjoying breakfast with 

her Goats.

April had to come see what I was doing.

Stjarna and the Goats ~

Stjarna prefers the female goats as buddies,

 over the boys.

Photos taken through the house windows.

Westmoreland Beach ~

Went to the Westmoreland park Potomic river beach  yesterday. 

Was not able to walk long but I did enjoy the time there. 

Nice to drive down a steep hill and loved the trees. 

Not used to how muddy the Rivers are here.

Need a better zoom lens, there were some interesting flowering bushes in the under-story.

Indian Fantails ~

As you know, when I was first having breathing issues, was recommended by one of the doctors, that I re home my birds. Not knowing what was going on, I did.

Fast forward to now,  with all the tests coming up Neg, I decided to have some Indian Fantails again.
All hens, and do not plan on raising them any more.

Love watching them in their outside flight cage.

The Silver hen's tail was cut by the breeder I bought 

them from, will grow back in time.

Peonies and Goats ~

Love looking out and seeing the beautiful peonies out of 

my kitchen window.

Decided to pick up the other doe and doeling, 

so that makes it 5 new pasture mowers.
Will save me a lot of work in the long run.
And I love watching them eat.

Blossom thinks she is a lap goat, 

blink once and there she is looking you in the eyes.
Good thing she is smaller than a cat.

April was born on April fools day. 

Part of the horse pasture.  

Love trees and being around them.

Peonys and the storm ~

Fairly bad storm last night, power outage for 14 hours , place is a bit of a mess but everyone is safe.

Woke up this morning to my Peonies totally flatted, some stems broken. 

What is wild, is a chair on the other side of the yard was not touched.

Managed to get most of the flowers back into their supports this morning.

Mother Days Lawn mowers~

 Meet the new horse pasture mowers.

Only planned on buying the wether for Syd, as he lost his brother awhile back. But they had this old girl and her doeling. So I ended up getting all 3 for mothers day.

Is almost funny, I have been looking for a buddy for Syd for a year and never found what I was looking for.

Needed Dehorned, withered and well enough handled they would be easy to deal with. Small so they can't knock me around.

Mother's day morning, these popped up.

Also need help with keeping the horse pasture grass and such down, just can't add more mowing to my list of chores.

De-wormed and debugged them when I got them home, so their coats will improve. 

Tiny goats will not be any more work and they are easy to care for.

They are super, super friendly, do not mind being picked up, just over all cute.

(If I had the money I would of bought the other Doe and her Doeling)

 Doeling is tiny, smaller than a cat and super friendly.

Peonies and Japanese Maple

 Peonies are doing well after their move to pots.

 Do plan to put them all in Whiskey Barrels by next spring.

The oldest Peony, started out with 14 flower buds, now has double that.

Having them really close to the house, means I will be able to care for them much better and enjoy their beauty. Specially since I had a very hard time last summer dealing with the heat and humidity.   Love gardening and won't give it up. 

Wasps have taken to hanging around the flower buds, need to watch where I put my hands.

New Japanese Maple, this one is supposed to handle the direct sun but time will tell. 

Hoping it will offer some shade in the future.

Form is not the best but will work on it as it grows.

Moved the Peonies ~

Needless to say, my Peonies did not do well. 
So DH dug them up and DS helped me put them in pots. They are close to the house now and will be easier for me to care for them.

Hopefully the Peonies will flower this summer.
Added some bulbs and will add more cascading plants to soften the over all effect.

Hopefully next spring I will move them into Whiskey Barrels. The plastic pots will do for now.

 DH loves bright flowers.  

Plan on looking for a bit of Log to use as a stand 

instead of the bucket.

Pear tree is going all out this year. 

Hopefully we will be able to pick some pears before the crows eat them all this summer.

Snow in March ~~

 Wet sticky snow in March.
Gold finches are just starting to turn color.

POP goes the......   bird.  LOL

Stopped on the road to take a couple of pictures, on the way home from yet another Doctors appointment.

Have no issues at all driving in this kind of weather. 

Nice plus is there were very few people on the road to deal with.

Was very beautiful out and I had the biggest smile on my face.

Pond in-between the tree branches.