Fried Chicken

It's hot here. The Girls are turning into fried chicken. Every time I go out to the coop, they're panting and looking forlorn. We should get a break from the heat by Sunday, with temperatures dipping down into the 80's!

Without fail, at 5:45 every morning, I have a chicken watching for me. I get an excited 'bawk-bawk' when I'm spotted, and the minute their chicken run door is open, they make a dash for it. I always feed them grass right away, so they anxiously stand by the big run door waiting.

Last night when I closed the coop, I noticed a stray cat wandering close to the fence line in back. The yellow dog went on a barking spree, which scared the stray away. I hope that cat understands the yard is closely guarded, and that white dog has no mercy.

Speaking of cats, we have a visitor living in our basement. Both kitchen doors stay shut at all times, giving an extra barrier of protection to the basement door (which is also closed) so the dogs and Ms. Kitty never meet.

Visiting Kitty







As a side bar, the garden is growing quite well this year. Keeping my fingers crossed that it continues this way. The pumpkins are twice the size of grapefruits and every tomato plant is flowered and full of tomatoes. The hot peppers are huge and the herb garden has provided some delicious treats so far, like mint tea, tomato basil salad, cilantro salsa, and an Italian sauce for our lasagna several weeks ago. Yum!

The updates to the blog should occur more frequently, now that I'm done with teacher license renewal classes. Thanks for stopping by.

The Chicken Tenders