Too much time on my hands- I think

What do you do when you think you have too much time to spare?  Why you paint the mailbox of course.

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After:



Our first egg

FINALLY - the chickens have started to earn their keep.  We got our first egg.  Ok I know that may not sound exciting to everyone but to us it is (yes we get excited over little things).  Alexis just about stepped on it when she went to put the chickens away for the night.

They haven't quite got it figured out to use the nesting boxes yet.

 

 



 

 

They've grown haven't they?  They are actually pretty friendly, they even let us pet them.  They love this barrel that they are sitting on.

Time for some Spring Cleaning....and a few chicks

Living in New Mexico, I could never really work in the yard because the wind blew so much that it was just miserable to be out in it.  We used to say that we had two seasons 1) Windy and 2) not so Windy.

 So since we have been having some great weather here in Utah lately, I have been anxious to get out in the yard. It first started with pulling out all the old dead stuff to make room for the new growth that will soon be coming. Things are starting to come together quite well.  We have torn out the old fence in the back yard and cleaned up the leaves and dead plants from last year.

(That wood fence back there is now gone)

 

 

 

 

Yes, we even called in the big guns to help burn the pile of debris



On a different note:

Alexis has wanted to have chickens ever since moving here.  Well her wish has come true.  We have the chicks:

We have all been helping with converting the old shed into a chicken coop with a chicken run attached:

 



 

Jake was a good sport about laying on his back to help finish off the roosting nests

 



 

Maybe one day these chickens will pay off... I think I've spent way more money on this coop than eggs can equal.



Deer in the city????

Ok, so we don't actually live in the "city" but we are in Mt. Pleasant City even though we consider it more of the country.   Last week we saw this cute couple across the street at the neighbors house just hanging out.....

Didn't see this very often at our old house.  

Colors in my yard

I've been going to post this for some time and keep forgetting. Here is some eye candy for you from my yard:



These are miniature roses.







No idea what these are called but I love them.

One of many roses:

Hope your having a wonderful spring/summer