Weekend Update

We moved the chickens out to the chicken yard. They are in 2 separate brooder boxes, (11 in each). I have one inside nursing a torn wing...I think the other chicks were pecking her and she was bleeding. Looks like her wing will be permenantly disfigured. I named her chicken wing. She was doing much better Sunday night. Dan planted some of the larger tomato plants that we bought. The ones I seeded are not quite ready. Some of them still don't have real leaves yet. There are lots of broccoli and cauliflower and cabbage plants to put in , but I don't know if it's getting too late for them. I seeded them in Jan, but they are just starting to take off with new real leaves.
We had the chickens out in the yard yesterday and the dogs inside so they wouldn't get the chickens. We heard the dogs making a commotion trying to get out to the chickens and all of sudden we see June flying through the kitchen window. The window was open and she decided to charge through the screen . It was so funny....but screen is broken now. Thankfully we caught her before she got a chicken! Got a good rain last night and this morning. The bush beans are planted too.

Rainy Spring

We are having a very rainy spring this year and quite warm too. The temperatures have been in the upper 80's for several weeks now. Usually we don't hit them till the end of April. I hope its not an omen for a super hot summer. Much as I want to hope global warming is not happening, I think it is probably. I really don't like the summers here in Louisiana, way to humid and hot. I need to hit the lottery and buy a house in Maine for the summer! What a sweet thing that would be.
The garden is planted but I haven't had time to check it lately. The green beans were coming up sporadically so I think we will have to fill in the gaps soon. The tomatoes I grew from seeds didn't look so hot either. Might have to buy some from the nursery. I hope when things dry out a little I can get a better look at things in the garden.
Need to pack for our camping trip to Destin, FL for Easter.
Later...

Rain Finally!

It hasn't rained here in almost a month. Watering the garden is no fun. Dust and pollen are everywhere. My car is normally white, but lately has been yellow from all the pollen and I refuse to wash it....it needs to be rained on. We finally got a thunderstorm last night, but alas, my car was under the carport. Just my luck.

Anyway the garden was lookin good this afternoon. It seems to perk up after a little water from the heavens. The strawberries were happy.

The canatlope are flowering.

There are little green tomatoes on the bushes
The corn got a little windswept, but surely it will straighten back up.

Very glad for the nice rain.

Signs of Spring

As I was working  in the flower beds yesterday , I came across definite signs of spring....finally.

A fine brown lizzard looking for some supper.

A sleepy green tree frog taking a siesta

A lazy yellow dog sunning her belly and snoozing.

Some fresh eggs in the nest box

And a curious hen...

 All wonderful signs of the spring and summer to come.

Snow in Louisiana!

It has snowed twice this winter. Unbelieveable in Louisiana. We got about 2 inches this morning. It is BIG Heavy snow, almost like ice, but it makes everything look so beautiful.

June found something hiding in under the snow and pounced on it...I don't think she got it.

More winter wonderland.

The ducks were flying out of this pond when they heard us crunching through the snow this morning.

No garden this winter!!!

Cold Front

Rain last night...warm this morning. When I went out to feed the chickens, mosquitos were everywhere!!. This noon the skies are cloudy and the wind is gently blowing, but gusting every now and then. I love when a cold front is moving through. I enjoy seeing and feeling the weather change. It perks me up and makes me happy when a cool breeze is licking and rustling the leaves. I wish a nice strong cold front would whip in and swish all those pesky bloodsuckers away. The windows are open and all I hear are the sounds of nature. All is well.

Afternoon walk

I try to take a walk every afternoon for 30 minutes. Some days I walk inside the library between the stacks of books, especially when it's too hot or raining outside. Today I walked around the Louisiana State Capitol. We recently lost some hugh old live oaks to Hurrican Gustav. I think they were about 200 years old.

Here are few sights I recorded from my walk.

-an old live oak tree-

Probably about 50 years old.

Pretty flowers

Louisiana State Capitol
The weather was beautiful, I think the temps are in the low 60's. Lovely winter weather in Louisiana!

Survived Hurricane Gustav

We survived the Hurricane of 2008 with little damage to our house. My daughter did not fair as well though. Her house flooded with 6 inches of water from all the rain. They didn't have elec for a week and they are now living in our travel trailer parked in their driveway. They are slowly getting things fixed up and repainted.

We had a few trees fall in our yard, but not on our house, thank the Lord. We had 6 adults and 5 children staying at our house after the storm. We didn't have electricity for about 10 days. After the 3rd day with no elec, the girls decided to head out to Florida and stay with my son and his wife and children. They were great! We stayed with them about 4 days till my children here in LA had elec. Then we came home.

There was so much devestation in our area, mostly roof damage and trees down. The news is saying this is the worst storm to hit our area since they have been keeping records. We were blessed that Ike didn't come our way, but are sorry for the folks it did hit.

We still haven't finished cleaning up from Gustav. My MIL has been staying with us since her heart surgery. She has been here almost 4 weeks now. My husband, since he is a carpenter has been helping everyone except us! This weekend was the first weekend since Sept 1 that we have been home all weekend together. That's all for this post.