Life Transplanet

We had a pretty busy weekend. We went out to lunch to see  some friends who were visiting from Tuscon, AZ. We went to a good Creole food restaurant in Longmont called Lucille’s Creole.

Me, Britton, Isaac, Koabi and Sara at Lucille’s Creole in Longmont

Later that afternoon we painted the new house and then went home to a beautiful sunset. Here’s a picture we took from our backyard.

Backyard Sunset

We have been letting the chicks stay outside lately. We were worried how the big chicken would react to them, but so far it has been peaceful. We had to play musical chicks for a while to allow the big chicken time in the coop to lay her egg. I knew we wouldn’t be able to do that today because of work so we just thought we’d wait and see what happened. Well, I went out to check on them and she had laid an egg! Seems to be working so far.

Integration of the old chicken and the new pullets is not going quite so smoothly. The chicken has found a way into the greenhouse even when we shut the door (through the secret cat tunnel), so she hasn’t been sleeping with the pullets. When they are playing/pecking around in the yard, the big chicken does her thing and the little girls do theirs. I think eventually they will form a flock. I hope so! I hope Big Chicken AKA Salt is not left out!

Here’s a few pictures from around the yard today. Plus our first small “farm” harvest!

Kitty in the Yard watching over the chicks (he’s the manager)

Pullets in the yard (FYI- when a chick is too big to be a chick, but too little to be a chicken they are called pullets!)

The First Harvest -the strawberries and lettuce are just coming in. The mint and eggs are ongoing and plentiful.

Well today was a busy day. In addition to work, we closed on a small one-level (no basement) house in Greeley near where we live that we will rent out to a friend of ours. We think it will work out for everyone involved. We are pretty excited.

Britton out front (lots of weeds!)

I heard this song and thought of Puerto Rico. It really feels like Puerto Rico to me. I love the summer-like weather we’ve been having. Gardening, listening to music, wearing warm-weather clothes and flip-flops, drinking sun tea with fresh mint from the garden, eating salads that are 10 minutes old. 

For about 4 months a year in Colorado it feels tropical here too, and I love it. My swing is tropical, too!

We were out in the yard today just watering the plants and taking the baby chicks out. Britton was watering the new daisies where we had been working when he lost his ring last week. He looked down and made a double take. It was there in all it’s shiny glory! He found the ring! I usually am the one to water the plants so it was cool that he happened to be doing it and looked down as I was walking around with him looking at the plants and flowers.

Squeeze those fingers in close! (With the ’75 Corvette in background)

This video is of when he was out looking for it with the metal detector. I guess good ol’ eyesight, a little wind and rain work better. He said we have a lot of metal in the yard.

Also, we went out to dinner to Roma’s in west Greeley with our old roommate, Bob. It was fun catching up with him and his crazy stories.

The yard is becoming quite the wonder once again. I wish it could be spring, summer and fall all year round because our house and yard look awesome and produces some terrific food in the bright sunshine. The chickens would be happier too!  But if that were the case, we might not be planning our escape to Puerto Rico!

The chicks are getting bigger. I think they are still too small to live outside, but they might be able to here in about 3 weeks. We had to put the Schnoodle baby gate over the top of the box because they kept flying up on top of the box sides and pooping.

The big chicken continues to lay her eggs in the newly constructed chicken coop, but still wants to sleep in the greenhouse. One day we closed the greenhouse to see if she would go to sleep on her own in the new coop. When we checked on her, she was sitting right outside our back sliding door, so we just let her into the greenhouse once again.

Here’s a few pictures I took today. Beware, they contain scenes of a sunny nature:

A chick exploring in the flower garden (under supervision)

Here’s the chick on my arm and the adult in background

Columbine plant (Colorado state flower) in Greenhouse

Looking up at a columbine in greenhouse