Outdoors at Ocean

bunny tail grass

impatience

yeller and impatience

hops runs after a blueberry- which they all love.

impatience, once again

we've had a ton of blueberries from one of two shrubs we got last year- patriot

the natural meadow with wildflowers- bellflowers and black eyed susans, evening primrose yet to bloom

new foxglove

columbine

wild aster

milkweed

st johns wort 'sunburst'

crocosmia about to bloom with wildflowers

grapes that came with the house

blackberries hide in the middle, but remind you they are there with their thorns

purple fennel, hollyhock, mexican sunflower with bellflowers and grapes

our first pears from a tree we planted last year- red bartlett

mexican sunflower

snapdragons

lettuce mix

lettuce from seed from monticello

reaping the rewards

They're So Vain

A few weeks ago, before the coop was finished, I went out to take pictures of the ladies sitting pretty on their little house-

and someone (impatience) decided to fly onto the top of my phone! (she is the best flier.)

Yeller soon followed in flight- to sit on my arm while Hops, the nervous one, stayed behind and looked on.

tim was there to capture the scene on yet another camera!

impatience checking herself out...

Moving On Up

The big day- June 17th- the chickens moved into their outdoor run. The coop wasn't finished yet so we just brought their little green house into the run so they could start getting used to the great outdoors and all the bugs and leafy greens that go with it.

Their names are, from left to right: Hops, Yeller and Impatience. They all have distinctly different personalities and somewhat different coloring.

As they settled in they found some favorite spots to hang out, especially when it rained.

pools of silky golden feathers...

Impatience and Yeller in the foreground, Hops in the back.