More photos of Rose ~

She is such a cute kitten.

Raarrawaa... I am a feisty kitten... LOL

She is settling in well. Have a large play pen for her to play in, when Mia is out and about. We are slowly getting Mia used to her new buddy.

A new kitten ~~

Well, I wasn't planning on getting a kitten, and we did not get the kitten I originally was going to see....

There are sooo many kittens that need homes, is scary.  She was one of 6, if I remember correctly.

She snuggled right into DS, and me... right now she is on DH's chest, they are both sound asleep.

I want to call her Rose... DS wants to call her Ashley.....   LOL
Will figure it out sooner or later.

She is only 1 month old, so I bought her special kitten food and got some kitten milk for her.

The Moon and the night sky...

Tried to get photos of the Moon early this morning... I forgot to set the camera up... or get the tri pod out.  

Canon did this, on just a normal setting....   then the clouds rolled in and there was no way to see the full eclipse. 

The night stars were very pretty. 

 On the photo that looks black.. there is a bright star that was off in the North East... and very faint tiny colored stars can be seen if you look closely.  

So I "think", if I get this camera set up right.... I could do some sky photos.

Re painting the Hen House~

Decided a long time ago, I wanted a yellow Hen house with white trim.
Took a few years, but it is finally happening.
Above you see the first coat of Primer going on.
Took two coats of Primer to make the red go away.

DH still working on the shed at 5 pm.  Two very full days of working on the Hen House to get to this point.
There will be some more trim and touch up I will need to do later.
Still need to put the shutters up and I think next spring... I will put little flower boxes under the windows.

Still need to stain both the Hay shed and Run in shed.  But that will have to be for another weekend.

The yellow color is a bit more bright and cheerful in the sunshine.  Is the same color as the front door and shutters on the House.

Working on the Front door~

Hail damage to the side panels.

 So DH sanded down the side panels and front door.

I decided to go with a more cheerful color that would handle the heat we have in this State.

Lots of prep work. Also put on two coats of white primer.

First coat of color.

I did the last coat of color.  

Still need to take a fine brush to the areas around the glass panels...but it is pretty much done.

One set of shutters up, 3 layers of primer and 2 coats of Color.Just have 3 more sets of shutters to do.
But it will give you an idea what the house will look like.


Really want to change all the outside lights,,, but that will happen in time.

Gutters are finally done~~

Old hail storm damaged gutters removed.

Gutter people making gutters.

New Gutters on the house.
The only problem both DH and I can see... is the gutters are too close to the shingles... if we have snow and Ice.. there is a chance we will have gutter damage.

Two French Hens~

The day I had to run Sadie to the ER room..... my 2 French Hens were due to be delivered. 

Sadie was more important but the Hens would have to be picked up at the post office.

So DS stayed home from College.

They are just feathered out Blue Copper Maran Pullets.

Bit scruffy looking since they were shipped.

Then my DS had to pipe up.... Hey Mom, you have Two French Hens.... we just need a pear tree with a partridge in it. Rolled my eyes at him and told him we have Pear trees in the Orchard. OK then, he said... we just need to buy a Partridge and we will be all set for Xmas... 

Sigh ~~ LOL

These hens will lay very dark chocolate colored looking eggs.