I have been so enjoying the flowers that I had wished for in January when it seemed like we were going to get a lot of rain. There are more flowers than I can remember ever seeing before! I have been walking all over the property finding new ones each time! As I do often, I had a look to see what God's Word says about flowers. It was interesting to see that they were mainly used to compare to the fleetness of a man's life in light of God, His Word and eternity. Check it out...

Psalms 103:15-17 - As for man, his days are like grass; when the wind has passed over it, it is no more; and it's place acknowledges it no longer. But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him,...

Isaiah 40:6b-8 - All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.

Surely the flower's beauty is fleeting, like our own lives on this earth in light of eternity. But is that it?

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Blessings!

Bye Bye Tiny

The time has come to say goodbye. Parting will not be too sorrowful. My big, beautiful rooster Tiny will be headed to the crock-pot tomorrow and will be remembered with rice and a nice green salad. I got this rooster specially for this years hatch; but he turned out to be a little too agressive. I got tired of being stalked and pounced on by the very large cocky fellow. I couldn't get the eggs out of the coop without going in armed with a metal trash can lid. The lid made a very satisfying clang when he "ran" into it. Ok, ok, maybe I bonked him on the head with it a few times but only because he asked for it!

The hatching in my incubator has not gone extremely well this year, the hatch rate was very low two batches in a row. I really don't know what the problem is. I got a new incubator this year and followed the instructions to the letter. I decided to put the incubator away. I have 4 hens that have become broody and are sitting on eggs so I will see what happens the natural way.

Remember, don't count your chickens before they are hatched!
Blessings!

Spring has sprung!

According to the calander Spring began yesterday. I love this time of year! Everything is so bright and freash, this year there is an abundance of wildflowers. Yay! I went for a walk today and got these pictures. I was happy to find the odd colored Lupine. I have been on the lookout for the occasional white Lupine. This one is not completely white but it stood out as the oddball on the hillside of purple Lupines. Then I got a shot of a busy bee. He was carrying huge loads of pollen on his legs. The pollen had a purple tint to it since he was foraging in the purple flowers. I hope you had a beautiful day and have a good week!

Blessings!

Enjoy this funny Tim Hawkins video!

The first chicks of spring

I had some chicks hatch from the first batch of eggs I set in my incubator. It was a very poor hatch, only 5 of 40 eggs! I am still contemplating what happened, but anyway, there are 5 cute little fluff balls in a small trough in my living room!
The following is my photograhpic documentation of the incubation and hatching process.


The above picture is of a fertile egg on day 8 of incubation.


The above picture is of a fertile egg on day 13 of incubation.


The above picture is of a fertile egg on aproximately day 17 of incubation.


The hatching starts on day 21!


Finally out!


Whew!


Hello world!


Hatching is hard work, time for a nap!

Blessings!