I’ve been talking that Spring has finally arrived at the farm and let’s just say that it’s not a minute too soon! It’s so nice to go outside that you actually want to be out there! I mean the sun was shining today and it just seems like people (and animals) all are in a much better mood!
So I went out hunting for my next photo challenge this week with my camera and had to stop and check out the chickens. Now I wanted to check them out not because they were naughty or doing something dumb, but just to see what they were doing. And guess what I found out? Well, they really weren’t doing much other than trying to figure out just what in the heck I was doing! So here’s a picture of Duff just kinda hanging out in the spring mud.
Even the chickens were enjoying the warm mud today!
Next I checked out the trees to see how they were doing. And just like the rest of the farm – the small little leaves are just starting to form in the warm spring sunshine. It always so encouraging to see leaves starting in the spring. I’m not sure why this makes me smile, but it does.
Our red maple tree just starting to take leaves. We call this tree the ‘Grandpa Franzen tree’ after my Dad.
I was talking to someone the other day and they were so negative about, well just about everything I think! They were talking about the weather and saying things like, ‘I sure hope it doesn’t flood’ and ‘You know that it might snow again and then we’ll be sorry’. Yikes! First of all, we call these people Downer Debbies. (sorry if you’re name is Debbie!) The reason is because on Saturday Night Live they do a skit where this one girl talks just like the person that I mentioned and pretty much nothing is any good.
Now sure we might get some flooding. Heck we didn’t even get a spring rain to clean anything off yet. And sure we are probably going to get one last snow storm, but it won’t last long!
So just get over it right? Wow, I sure would hate to see this person when things got really bad! But guess what? It’s an absolutely beautiful spring day outside and I think I’m going to stay away from this person for at least a couple of months!
Now I’ve got the biggest clue of all that we’re getting ready for Spring. We were out and about the other day and when we came home kinda late, we stopped at the mailbox to get the mail. Daryl said something on the line like ‘Holy Cow, the mailbox is so full!” Once we got the pile, and it was literally a pile of mail in the house I just had to laugh. There was a huge catalog of farm machinery. There was another catalog of seed corn. There was a postcard for our local Coop spring supper coming up. And there was a catalog that was titled Country Life. And finally there was a Successful Farmer catalog. OK, see what I mean? I’m guessing others are also getting the spring fever. But as I stood and looked at the catalogs, the only one that I thought looked even somewhat interesting was the Country Life magazine, and that’s only because it had some cute ducks on the cover! But for Daryl? Well I think Daryl looked like he died and went to Hog Heaven! He looked over all the mail really close and chose just the best one to start his reading tonight. Now which one was it? I have no clue – but lucky me! He left the duck one on the counter 🙂 Happy Spring!!