Update-You're a Big Girl Now!

You'd think it was a competition.  Ross and I were out clearing some land, yes that's right clearing some land, and on a break he went over and checked on the little chickens and lo and behold we had our second, first-egg today.  Two down, four to go!

You're a Big Girl Now!

Which is the little girl egg?

After we woke up this morning Ross checked on the chickens. We still have the little girls separated from the big girls.  In the little girls' pen was a little surprise. One of our little girls laid her first egg.  We believe it was Big Bird as she is the farthest developed (she is bigger than the two remaining older girls but doesn't know it).  It looks like we will be having a lot more eggs coming our way soon!

On another note, the other night we took Max out for his final potty.  We heard this little, clicking noise and saw something gliding from tree to tree.  It was a flying squirrel.  I was so happy as this was on my list of animals that live in New England that I wanted to see but haven't.  In two weeks I've gotten to cross bobcat and flying squirrel off the list. It has been a good summer so far.

Speaking of good summer, our gardens are doing great this year.  Below are some pictures I took today.  The gardens give me so much joy.  I hope the pictures help give you a little too!

Catdog!

Recently Max has learned a new trick. One that we did not have to teach him. His big brother Bootsy the cat taught him. I was walking by the window and I had to do a double take because Max the dog was sitting in the window like Bootsy normally does. Max loves to follow Bootsy around the house and chase him at times. Bootsy pretends he does not like it when his brother chases him, but he will stop and look to make sure he will follow him. Max has learned to jump into the window by watching his brother hop on the couch and to the window. Crazy boys! We think that Max might think he is a cat at times. 

Today is Shannon's birthday and Max thought that would be a good trick to show his Papa Shannon.

Who Cooks For You?

Ross and I were up a little later than usual last night.  When we took Max out for his final potty a barred owl greeted us.  The hoot of the barred owl sounds like "who cooks for you."  Max was all ready to protect us with his barking, but I was able to settle him down before he scared the thing off.  Ross had his iPhone on him and was able to get some audio.  I have tried attaching it to this blog.  Let's see if I was successful.  (Note: you have to click on the title as it is a link that will open the file.)

Day Two of Shannikah

Today is the second day of Shannikah. The week before Shannon's birthday is called "Shannikah" to celebrate him and the joy he brings the world, okay my life, he is a great husband. The first day we celebrated by going to the opening of the new ice-cream store, Arethusa Creamery. They also sell wonderful cheeses and milk. For those of you who know Shannon, he loves really good ice cream. On the second day we saw our first bobcat crossing the road. It was so beautiful! Then we had a picnic with friends from church and went boating with them. It was a wonderful day!