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the love remains, even after the fluff-ball stage. everyone spends ample time hanging out by the run. it's the new place to be. breed list: 2 speckled sussex, 2 buff orpington, 2 araucana, 1 cuckoo maran and 1 pearl white leghorn. they are, thankfully, out of the bathroom and living the good life in a spacious coop. a coop that is just about there. more news on that to come.
happy long weekend!
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just a couple of lavender laboring pillows::
i have a couple more that i need to make and then the leftover lavender is going toward something special. something to help achieve maximum relaxation. maximum relaxation? yes, i'll take some of that. think i'll get started straight away.
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early on in the spring, big b made us a beautiful strawberry cage. it is a complete cage, buried in about 10 inches of soil. i found some amazing heirloom alpine strawberry seeds and heirloom pineapple strawberry seeds and started them out inside. the pineapple strawberries will be yellow when ripe. we're hoping to see some next season. i also purchased one plant from our favorite garden shop that would give us fruit this summer::
it's filling in nicely. and the variety i purchased has been producing fruit all summer long. sometimes doubled::
and sometimes heart-shaped. nice touch, mother nature::
now all of the birds can sit and drool. and the chipmunks can chew and gnaw to their heart's content. these berries aren't going anywhere. it's been a long fight, stretching over many summers, but we win, woodland creatures, we win!
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thanks to the recent super moon, there have been some just-as-super tides down at the harbor. tide pools at sunset, my favorite::
we walked and walked and the tide just seemed to keep going. we found creatures we don't usually see and didn't leave until after the sun was down. just before the mosquitoes moved in and right at the turn of the tide. perfect august evening.
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