National Gallery of Fine Art in DC ~

Went to the National Gallery in DC yesterday... 

holy grief... if you have Menieres, 

bring noise cancelling head phones. Is very loud.

Not a bad Gallery.. 

Glad they had wheel chairs... won't of been able to see it all, without one. 

(though a scooter would be a lot nicer)

One very cool thing I saw, Leonardo da Vinci, 

Ginevra de' Benci painting.
Is the only da Vinvci painting in the USA.

You can see the painting on This Link.

Did not take a photo of it, because it is so old. But here are some photos,, of other things we saw.

They had some neat Garden spaces too.

Was a long day but worth it.
Also ended up with some free parking in a handicapped spot, very close to the museum.
Allowed me to walk a little longer, before needing a wheel chair. 

Dyfra ~

Photos of Dyfra this morning.

 Yes, she has a fly sheet on... she has to have something on if I want to ride.

Should re name her ... Pig Pen. LOL

Trying to get my horses' to play, with me just there....

I just ride her walk, tolt (she has a good range of speed, while keeping the tempo clean) and canter. She does have a good Trot.

Bantams and Marans~

Took some photos today.

 One of the Roo's has golden shoulders... not a good thing for Lavenders... but I like him a lot at this point.

Of course the Better Lavender... didn't want me to take his photo.

These are the bantam version of the
Ameraucana.

The Big hens, who will be moved to the large poultry Hen house soon, 

are Blue Copper Maran.

Ameraucana Hen above.

The better Ameraucana Rooster above.

With the Blue Copper Maran hen.

Couple of the d'Uccle Bantams.

Only two of the hens came out with muffs 

and beards.
Plan on selling the others.

First Blue Egg !

First Blue egg, 

from one of the chicks I hatched out

 at the end of July!

Happy Holidays to one and All !

Birch Trees~

New Birch trees... They were on sale and I missed having Northern trees.
This species of Birch was created to

handle the heat we have here.

 They are leaning because Stjarna just had to go itch herself on them. (rolling eyes)

Will look very pretty in spring.

Loaf Bread for the Holidays~

Normally I just give homemade

 White bread to the good neighbors for the Holidays..

this year I decided to do loaf breads.

This one is the Banana, with fresh Raspberry and Chocolate chip Loaf Bread.
Before and after photos.

The golden color you see, is from the rich eggs we have from our 

free range chickens.

The last set of loaf breads, is the Pumpkin spice Chocolate chip loaves.