Fluffy Butts, Chickens, and General Life....

What a gorgeous day we are having here in Orlando!  The dogs (our big girls) are lying around just looking happy, the chickens (the little girls) are happily clucking out in the yard.  I sat out with them for a little bit this morning.  Our backyard is really taking shape, we planted some rye grass because it's fast growing and it's really looking nice.  We planted a bunch of herbs and flowers out there, so the chickens can have them and so it looks nice out there when we spend time out there.  I am DYING to dig a garden bed out there, but everything is a process around here, so I haven't started that project just yet.  

These are our ladies.  Aren't they beautiful?  They are usually so good at avoiding getting their pictures taken that these are the only good photos of them.  I just adore them, and they crack me up like crazy.  Yesterday we added onto the coop, building a lovely nesting box for the girls.  When I say "we", I mean that Devan did all the work and I watched and fetched tools and sat in the shade and generally thought about how lucky I am to have married this man.  We've been spending a lot of time out back because the chickens are so entertaining.  I've learned a lot about chickens at this point.  For example, fluffy butts are a good thing--it means that they are healthy.  Hopefully mine will start laying in a couple of months (my CHICKENS, obviously).  

Devan and I started this new thing--we actually have started collecting something together.  Little figurines of "Me and Him".  It started with these....

Devan is a curmudgeon.  And I'm happy and talk to anyone.  This is so us.  Then we found this one....

And finally, we found this one.... which is for Thanksgiving....

So now we are on the hunt for them for the other months.  

I'm having lunch with my friend Marybeth today--can't wait.  So much news to share and she went on an amazing trip last month that I want to hear all about.  Gotta go get ready.