Today was beautiful!!! The boys went to church without me(I'm still a little too stove up to sit for long on a pew) and stayed over to have lunch with friends.
I had a long talk with my mother on the phone, decided to clean house and then decided it was too pretty out and I needed the Vit. D production.....so I went outside to commune with God and my animals.
The chickens were hilarious! They all came up to me to check me out as I sat in the grass....and then proceeded to lie down and do the wing stretch position. This never ceases to make me laugh! All the birds piled up on one another, lying on their sides with eyes closed contentedly, with that one wing spread along the ground. Like solar panels for chickens!
I bet the neighbors almost wrecked as they drove by.....this woman with her bare feet and shirt sleeves lying in the yard surrounded by chickens and dogs.....all appearing dead!
I gathered eggs, spread some nice green hay for a new layer of bedding and nest box refurbishment. Filled water buckets and containers, dreamed about this year's garden and made plans in my mind....but mostly? I just sat in the swing, basking in the sun and the miracle of life on this beautiful earth!
The boys put on full body armor and went to play air soft battles in the woods....came back thoroughly happy and pink-cheeked!
My neighbor stopped by with a small bag of potatoes~big ones this time~she must have heard me talking about her!

I gave her a dozen of my largest eggs and thanked her muchly!
It is a beautiful night, with every star in the sky shining out a message to my soul>>>take a deep breath and thank God for every little thing...the good and the bad, for without the bad we would never know just how good the good really is!
ETA: As I was walking around the yard barefooted, I got stung by a honeybee!!! Such irony!
Its been a good day!
