It’s a rain soaked weekend view this week.
Dolly
We watched Juliette and Jionni while their parents went to pick up their new puppy. A sweet little mini poodle they named Dolly. She is absolutely adorable as you can see and has already stolen all the hearts.
Grand Baby Adventures
While they were off on an afternoon puppy adopting date- we walked to the park for some play time. It was lots of fun until the skies turned dark and the wind starting blowing like crazy.
I wrapped Jionni up in my coat and Juliette loved watching the downpour of rain that started up and lasted pretty much nonstop for about 20 minutes. Thankfully there was a covered area at the park where we retreated to until the rain stopped- and then we walked back home in warm sunshine. Crazy weather.
Sweet Silkies
Unfortunately, we have lost several chickens in the past few months unfortunately and just lost one of our roosters to a predator on Friday. My daughter called while we were babysitting to let us know she couldn’t find Gandalf anywhere- he was a roo that was into his routine and always hopped up on the planter to roost before bedtime and was not one to be skittish or hide so it was unusual for him to not be there. She found a pile of feathers and followed a trail of feathers into the woods but there was no sign of him. We searched everywhere with flashlights when we got home but couldn’t find him. We have not lost any chickens to predators in the almost 4 years we have had them so we aren’t sure what it was. It was a daytime & we have a couple of dancing men that usually wave around near the coop to protect against hawks but it seems more like it was a ground attack. Gandalf was a sweet boy – he and Curly would come in the house each morning to have breakfast.
In other silkie news, our silkie who has not been able to stand has gotten some strength back in his legs thankfully. He isn’t walking on his own yet but he can stand on his hocks and when you balance him he can stand by himself so slow progress. He does sit in the chicken wheelchair for a bit and eat and has been a bit better about taking the vitamins he needs so hopefully he will be back to his usual self soon.
And because I don’t want to only share the sadness and struggles with our silkies- here is a photo of sweet George Henry. He is a showgirl silkie which is a silkie that has a naked neck (no feathers). We absolutely adore our chickens and one of my favorite things to do when I need a little boost is to pick them up and hold them. They are such sweet creatures.
Kevin
Kev decided that the smallest bale of hay was THE perfect one to lay on. He is basically hanging off both sides haha. I had to take a few photos. He cracks us up all the time with his crazy.
And you can see the tree stump and all those logs in the background from one of the big old growth cedar trees that was damaged from the storms last year and had to be cut down. These cedars are probably about 150′-200′ tall and most of them have more than one tree growing from the trunk (if that makes sense) One of the trees we didn’t realize was damaged was split from where the trees forked off to about 6′ down the trunk. Dangerous enough that after discovering the split- they came back and cut it down within a couple of hours.
Coming your way
I have been making a few changes in the bedroom-so I will be sharing a few updates and what the bedroom fireplace is looking like at the moment. I am also thinking Valentine’s Day and spring- so stay tuned for some cozy and a burst of sunshine coming too.
Have a beautiful Sunday everyone.
MJ Stallings says
Courtney, I’am so sorry for the loss of Your sweet Silkies. I do hope you can find out what is getting them . Stay Warm, Well and Safe. MJ♥
Alice Genzlinger says
Love your animals and hope you find the culprit before more damage is done. Kevin is ridridiculously funny.
franki Parde says
Awwww…truly know how you feel…my ‘REd Rooster, Rusty” would ride on my shoulder…my best bud. Likely coyotes…”they” are seemingly, “taking over.” franki
Linda Hovgaard says
So sorry about losing some of your chickens and your rooster! I love chickens too and they have such personalities. I hope your little silkie gets better. Kudos to you for giving him/her a chicken wheelchair! Your kid’s new puppy is adorable right along with Kevin. And of course your grand children are darling!
Aussie Jo says
I am in an emiotioabl state this morning I read this and I started to cry not over the lovely photos of your grandchildren
Bara Dale says
your grandson is destined to capture people’s attention in a positive way. his eyes are mesmerizing.