Inside Out

I found the mushroom that looks inside out. The last picture is not good, but you can see that is really different.

The Chicken Thief is Back

And eating my chickens. Something got one of my Americana pullets yesterday. They were all here around four pm and when I went to close them up last night, one was missing. I am getting really fed up with it. He is getting FED up also. Not funny! I have a new BIG trap. It has been tripped the last two nights with nothing on the inside. I left some of the bones in the bag to see if it would be more difficult for him. Last night was probably just a coon. I believe a fox or coyote is getting the chickens during the day.

Skylar followed me down in the woods to see what I was doing. When leaving she is turning around telling me "come on; let's go play Frisbee." She ran out first and went and got the Frisbee. You come outside; you gotta play.

Yummy Corn Stalks

Poppet and Suki love the corn stalks; they just hate the camera. Every time it flashes they still freak. I snapped several shots hoping they would get used to it. So far, no.

Notice how green the grass is. And how it has grown. Yea! Since we got a lot of rain last week, it has improved conditions greatly.

Also notice Skylar stalking Suki. She just can't help it.

Here We Go Again

This really is a every day thing; for Chili anyway. I took these pictures one day last week while Oscar was visiting. He barks at the fish and Chili looks for frogs. Today Oscar was here and he was at the pond from 8:30am until 5:00pm. He came in the house once. He got him a drink of water and out he went again. He barked at the fish ALL day. After his supper; boom, asleep.

Brave Bunny

A little bunny rabbit is coming to eat the chops. He comes in morning and evening. I have seen him as late as nine or ten in the morning. This is not the best picture, but the best I can do so far. Kind of like the blue buntings. He's brave; but, not so brave I can get a really good picture. If you enlarge this picture, you can see it a little better.

I've Been Robbed

Saturday I had just walked outside, when I noticed one of the red hens running in the pasture. She was running so the other chickens would not get her bounty. In the first picture, she had just laid it down. (I guess to get a better hold of it.) She had caught a little snake. I missed what would have been the best picture. The black hen right behind her grabbed the snake and they were tugging on it. Then the black one got it and ran off. The red hen is the mother of the two baby roosters. They got nothing.

Feeding Fish

As you can see, I finally got the pond water clear. It was clearing with the spitter and plant filters, but the umbrella really gave it the boost. It has been clear for several weeks now. Yea! Now when I feed the fish, I can actually see them and see them well.
The big gold fish is the only one left from my first group of fish. Last year I lost all but him. This spring I bought the two small ones. I thought the multi colored one was a shubunkin, but after taking these pictures I believe it is a koi. The white and gold one is also a koi.