Praying Mantis Egg...

Something of one hundred babies will emerge from this one egg....http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrykey/2505371869/ to view a video of Mantis hatching.

Before...

Spring

Spring

They might stay this year...

Chickens making their own nests........

We have a great set of nesting boxes for the chickens...But Roxanne chose to make her own nest...though Roxanne is an Araucana...should be laying bluish/pinkish eggs...this is a brown...we have yet to see an egg that is Araucana like.

Andrew asked how the cats were..........

Though they are still spending a fair amount of time inside...I'll get some pictures outside tomorrow...seventy degrees.......

Home from the office !

March

Springtime in Indiana

March Sunset Indiana

Bridge over mushy ground...

Bruce built me a bridge to cover the very slippery slope to the chicken coop and garden...in a few weeks it should be dry enough to remove the bridge and plant some grass.

Chickens Approve !

I rest my case.

Possum Days...

Miss Possum was thinking of setting up house under the chicken coop...She found a lovely little home at Anderson Falls instead.

Scott "Hatter"...a maker of mens hats.

Anyone who knows Scott is well aware of his interest in hats! From pots to animals...nothing is safe from a hat tryout.

Will they stay this year....

This may be the pair that wandered in and out of the pond last year...They seem unhappy about all visitors even if you stay well away from them. Last year I thought they were nesting but then one day they did not return.
They fly into the pond at about six thirty each morning. Somewhere around mid day they fly away returning hours later and then leaving again before dark.
I think if they do nest here I won't be able to get near the pond for months...

Nests in Waiting