We woke up thinking chocolate valentine waffles sounded good today. However, since we have freeloading slacker chickens right now we were out of eggs. Scones it is!!! I am a little famous for my white chocolate cinnamon chip scones so it was hard to venture out into uncharted scones territory but they were amazing! A little chocolate drizzle and we called it breakfast. Perfect fuel (not really) for some hard yard work!!!

 

 

 

My last day off with the dogs was filled with hours of pulling driveway weeds and taking down more branches from overgrown trees.  There has been a lot of overgrowth removal and general reshaping of bushes, trees and other plant life here.  Today was the day to pick it all up and put it in the burn pile.  After one truck load of leaves, there was still a lot of debris to pile up and move.  The great thing about only going as far as your own pasture is the truck doesn’t have to be highway safe…..pile it high!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One great surprise here as the rain subsides and days are warming up are bulbs popping up everywhere.  Everywhere you look under almost every tree and all along the driveway there are daffodils, crocus’s, tulips and iris’s popping up.  Its going to be very exciting when they all bloom.

The little chickens are getting bigger and over 3 lbs now.  They have great big tails finally and are venturing around the yard doing their job at pest control.  Chicken-Mary has a comb and waddles now and is a little more developed then her sisters.

 

 

 

Nessie plays more and more and even came and meowed at the front door to say hi the other night.  She has recently climbed a tree and seems much more adventurous as the weather improves.

We are going to take a break from the yard work now and see what the property brings us in Spring.  We may have a little pasture clean-up but will start focusing on the house remodel of the laundry room/hallway/master bedroom in the next couple months.  More to come!