Isn't this just a beautiful picture!!! Mama dear was up admiring Lois's flowers on a warm fall day and I just happened to be there to capture the moment. I was at the right place at the right time for sure!
So glad to be able to call her my mama!!
I know this is a few months old but I thought I would post it anyway. This is taken at the old cabin that pre dates the one we stay in now. Pretty primitive , I am glad my boss decided to build a bigger one with running water!!
I happened to be us real early one morning and grabbed my camera and went for a walk in the fog. It was very peaceful and quiet with all that fog muffling everything, or maybe it was nothing was stirring about yet. I enjoyed it though. The fog was so thick that when I was walking along the lake I couldn't see the edges and when the big blue herons would fly up out of the bushes by the waters edge it made me jump more than once! The fog was thick enough to turn my eyelashes and hair wet.
Sharon, do you remember going for our early morning horseback rides in the fog and coming back wet?
Can't you just see that written all over her face?! This hen is the top her of the hen house for sure. She doesn't share very well but what can you do about it-nothing it's a chicken and they don't listen !! :) Yesterday she was going along the row of nest boxes pecking the hens that were already in them chasing everyone out. For no reason too, just because she could I guess.
Now if I acted like that my mama would have paddled me for sure!
Here is one of the pictures from Sarah Beth and Jacob's wedding last Saturday. If you look closely you might see the goose bumps on her arms. It was around 50 degrees and a strong wind blowing makes me shiver to remember :)
I was so excited today when I went to take care of my chickens this morning, I found 6 eggs in the nest box!
I have been giving the neighbor lady some of the eggs also ( she was only getting 1 or 2 at a time because that is all I was getting ) and of the few I gave her she told me she had a double yoked one the other morning, how about that, and it was a pullet egg at that too! I like the little eggs because they are so cute :) I finally had enough eggs to use my little egg basket for the first time. Happy hens lay lots of eggs :)
Mama dear here is the custard recipe that I used over the week end. Don't know what happened with it, but the chickens sure did like it!
3 beaten eggs
1/4 c. sugar
pinch of salt
2c. of milk
1 tsp. of vanilla
Nutmeg
Beat eggs, add sugar, pinch of salt, and milk, mix all together.
Add vanilla. Add a sprinkle of grated nutmeg. Pour into sm. ramekins. Set all in a shallow pan with one inch of hot water. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 35-40 min.
