A mighty storm is brewing

Some serious photo editing is at work here. this is the result.

this, is what i had to work with

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So you might be wondering what exactly Jed is doing running around in the twilight of our exotic backyard clad in swim trunks and accessorising most prudently with an umbrella

Or perhaps you are the type of individual who feels that there is no reason to question such behavior as long as it is contained well within your private property

Or possibly you are the judgemental kind who have already made up your mind as to exactly why such bizarre behavior could possibly be taking place and nothing further i can say can possibly sway your rash decision as of how exactly you feel about it.

No matter, I will attempt to enlighten you despite the unlikely chance of success.

You see after much deliberation and going over the possible out comes of various scenarios and waging the facts against each other we finally determined that even though chickens have a natural survival instinct of some sort our caged domestic birds seemed extraordinarily unaware the fact that they could potentially get sick or die if they did not stay above ground in shelter when the rain was creating a raging river rushing in between their little chicken feet on the ground of their run. So we deiced that Jed should err on the side of caution and bring them into our bath tub for the night. Previous experience had taught us that these birds seemed completely unaware that it was raining heavily on them, and that the darker it got outside the dumber they consequently became as though they draw their capacity to think from the sun.

I love this picture it looks like a painting.

Here is the rest of it

At this point Jed asks me to stop taking pictures of him and pick up a bird and carry it inside instead.

You will never guess what our tub looked like the next day.

Garden goodness

My Garden makes me happy.

The kids take turns helping me make dinner. This time it was Ian's turn so we walked out to the garden and picked a basked full of yummy fresh organic homegrown goodness!

These pictures are from June. The chickens have grown quite a bit since then. The black Chicken is Rosa, and even though she is now plenty old enough she is still not laying because it is so hot.

Most of the plants have slowed down production as well.

They have grown much much much bigger though.

So I'm excited for the end of October. Then it will begin to cool down and the plants will hit their second production burst.

I'm hoping to finally see some of the much anticipated Mr. Stripey tomatoes then.

I Love my little chef!

Foul play!

I must warn you!

This is not just a story of cute fluffy baby animals and sweet children who name their new pets funny names.

This is a story of a villain!

You will find that all the 3 bigger baby chicks die in this story!

But not until after the sweet children had poured lots of love and care into them.

You see the sweet children loved watching the chickens grow and would play with and talk to them often.

Only the smaller black chicken made it to the end of the tragic tale but do not fret it has a happy ending.

You see the villain has been watching the chicks and when 2 of them flew over the fence with their clipped wings he ate them!

Another was found dead shortly before, no one is sure why.

Now there was just one little black chicken left and as soon as the cage had been upgraded from -break in by dog proofed- to -no getting out if you are a chicken proofed- we acquired 6 new little balls of fluff.

These 6 little chicks are now grown enough that they are in the coop with Rosa (the survivor) and they are all getting along fine. Rosa should start laying at the end of July and we are really hoping it all works out.