Mid-June Update

We are amazed by our meadow this year. All of Mick's mowing last summer seems to have suppressed the goldenrod and allowed the flowers (not to mention the strawberries!!) to flourish.

Hawkeye / Devil's paintbrush

Red clover, complete with pollinator.

Also enjoying our meadow are the goslings, who have taken the big step and moved up to the hill! They are enjoying the great outdoors. (Actually, they are a little too adventurous and got away from their ma yesterday... talk about a wild goose chase!)

Our three flocks of birds seem to be co-existing more or less peacefully.

And happy chickens = eggs in an assortment of shapes, sizes, and colours (generally averaging about 2 a day) [My physics husband gives me an award for vaguery for typing "generally averaging about 2-3" - is that redundant or something?]

In other news, FedEx delivered us some esprit de corps tonight.

Baa-baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three lambs full! (and boy, do they baa!)

We brought home our three Shetland lambs on Tuesday. A black horned ram, and two polled ewes. They are beautiful! They handled the car ride well, (the car handled the sheep riding in it well), and the sheep seem to be adjusting to being part of our family.

Our other arrival this week: Mick is back home! He dived right into working on the cabin... without even changing his clothes (sort of).

Body armor and all, he cut and laid out...

caulked...

and screwed the first three courses of loft subflooring!

By the end of the day, he was two-thirds done! (more than is shown in this picture)

In other news this week, the goslings and ducklings graduated to grass and clover.

And the ducks enjoy their favorite watering hole (a puddle in our future yard).

Stay cool!

A few of my favorite things

buttercups and clover

daisies

asparagus and rhubarb

thyme
[entered our lives 2 years ago as a twig from Cacie]

blackberry

blueberry

ducklings and goslings

ducks

...and a dog

blue skies

storm clouds

sunsets

headed home at the end of the day, in neutral, no traffic
[plenty of time to grab the camera and snap a picture]

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.