Three New Girls

Good Morning! I thought I would get in a new blog post before I start my day of errands. Wednesday is the busiest day of the week for me. I try to schedule as much of Mom's appointments and other needs on Wednesdays and Thursdays. This week is a quieter one as she has no additional appointments so that frees me up to spend more time to take care of my new babies!

I adopted three new girls from a lady who has many chickens and discovered that these three sisters were getting picked on. These are Polish chickens and have big furry feathers on their heads but as you can see they were attacked and their feathers were pulled out. Well, now they are safe in my chicken coop in a secure area where they can heal and just be happy chickens! Meet Priscilla, Clementine and Beatrice!Maybe by the Spring the feathers will have filled in more. Here is a picture of Clementine before the other chickens bullied her:

But even if the feathers don't grow back, we love her anyway. Beauty is within! My chicken boots have been a blessing through slush and my wet yard.  Our snow ends up turning into rain which then turns into mud. I'm really looking forward to Spring. 

I went to the thrift shop yesterday and was lucky enough to find another P Buckley Moss print! Signed and dated! That's the second one! 

I'm so happy. What a great find. I hung it in my parlor. Every time I go, I find great treasures.

We are supposed to get snow later but just an inch or two. I made this turkey breast yesterday and today when I get home I am going to make a big turkey pot pie with the leftovers. I find we like turkey soup and turkey pot pie even more than chicken soup or chicken pot pie.

Thinking of taking out some Easter and St. Patrick's Day décor this weekend. Easter is so late but I'm happy about that because of the flowers! Hyacinths and daffodils and the warmer weather of Spring!

That's about it for me. I hope you have a great day!

What's New?

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is doing well. We are watching for some snow coming tomorrow afternoon/evening. Its been amazing that we are almost through February and have had no major storms or even much snow! We'll see what happens but so far people are calling this the "Winter that Wasn't!"

We spent a beautiful weekend in the Poconos visiting my husband's sister and her husband. The weather was perfect and we had a great time just visiting, driving around their community and going to an awesome aquarium!

Little black bears and deer wander freely and we were watching for some. This trip I didn't see any but usually we do. It was so peaceful and beautiful. It was just a wonderful trip and my sister-in-law bought me this beautiful Americana doll:

We went to this great store called Boscovs. Its a department store that had everything! There are other locations in upstate New York too but this one we visited in Scranton was terrific. I bought a new braided rug for my bathroom and a few other goodies. I really enjoy visiting there and we will be back in the Spring as we made some plans with them.

I'm getting so anxious for Spring and getting out to visit the various "Chick Days" at all the Agways on Long Island and at Tractor Supply. I am also waiting to hear back from a lady who has to rehome a lopp eared rabbit she has that lives in her chicken coop. He can join my bunny Chestnut in my chicken coop! What's great is because my coop has two sides, I can keep the males separated but at least they can communicate. I think Chestnut misses his two brothers who have passed away over the years. I'll let you know.

Well, I have a bunch of things to do today so I will say goodbye for now!

Saturday at my House

Good Morning! Windy and roar here today! I'm watching the weather to see if we get snow on Monday night into Tuesday....or will it turn to rain because we are on the coast....time will tell. January and now February has not been a healthy time for our family. After various colds and my ear infections, my son and daughter each tested positive for flu last week. We've been back and forth to the doctor and hopefully we are turning a corner at this point. My daughter runs a high fever. She always did; even as a baby. As soon as she got sick  UP WENT THE TEMPERATURE! Although my son is 20 years old and not surrounded by children, he still caught it whereas my daughter is in 8th grade and every one of her friends has suffered recently so it was inevitable. We'll get through it. In the meantime they can always depend on their momma to take care of them. We have a weekend trip planned for next weekend so I hope all will be well.

I'm excited that Spring is coming and always in Spring is the various "Chick Days" events in the Agways and a few nurseries. We like to visit as many as we can though I prefer to purchase from one in particular. We plan to add some more now that my coop is so much larger. I'm looking at the various breeds to see what I'd like to purchase. We currently have Silkies, Plymouth Barred Rocks and one Rhode Island Red.  I am also a "chicken rescue" as a friend of mine who trains service dogs and does rescues often hears of injured or abandoned chickens so since my success with the rescue of my Gertie, my name is now out there as a rescue for Poultry! Below are photos from last Spring of three of my girls peeking in my sliding doors. Nosey girls!

So my son celebrated his 20th birthday! I can't believe it. We celebrated at PF Chang's for dinner. His girlfriend came down from college for the weekend to celebrate with us.  He also celebrated at his favorite place~a hockey game! We love our NY Islanders with all our hearts and go to as many games as we can. I've been to a couple this year already and my son has hit twelve since the season began . He recently went to Washington DC to see the Islanders play the Washington Capitols. So much fun. Here he is (in the beard) with his gal (dark hair) and his friend Paul who was home from college on break and another friend. A few days later and hit with flu but at least he wasn't sick on his birthday.

So here's the fabric I bought from Hobby Lobby! Going to make some time to work with that today while I'm taking care of my sick kids. I also have some cooking to do. Meatballs and baked ziti are on the menu. A good meal on a cold, windy day.
Enjoy your day!