Johnny Jump Ups

Yesterday my friend gave me some little Johnny Jump Ups from her garden. In the spring they "jump up" all over her flower garden and she has more than she wants. So, she gives them away, and I am often the happy recipient. I plunked them in the front flower bed or "roundy garden" as my little ones used to say. I see that there are too many daisies coming up there, so I'll dig some up and pass them along to my neighbor. I love pass-along gardens.

Around Valentine's Day I bought a little rose bush to brighten our winter. It was looking pale, so I found a spot for it in the roundy garden too. Now if I can keep the grasshoppers at bay...

I'm Back!

I didn't realize how long it's been since I last posted. A lot of water has gone under the bridge. I'm not sure yet what direction I want to take with this blog, but for now I'll share a few pictures of our new babies.

I'm as happy as a short dog in tall grass.

Hazzah! I can finally post again!

For the last month or so I haven't been able to sign on to my blog. I thought I was going to have to abandon it and all the work I put into it. But I came in by the "back door" (via Gumbo Lily's blog) and finally had success. The trouble seemed to be the playlist, but I couldn't get to it to delete it. But now we are back together, my front porch and I, and I can do without the music.

All Fluff and Stuff

Meet our new little peepers.  This is our first go at raising chickens and I fear I like them too much already.

The chick in the egg picks at the shell, cracks open one oval world, and enters another oval world.

"Cheep ... cheep ... cheep" is the salutation of the newcomer, the emigrant, the casual at the gates of the new world.

"Cheep ... cheep" ... from oval to oval, sunset to sunset, star to star.

It is at the door of this house, this teeny weeny eggshell exit, it is here men say a riddle and jeer each other: who are you? where do you go from here? ...

"Cheep ... cheep" ... from oval to oval, sunset to sunset, star to star.

Carl Sandburg - Cornhuskers