Spring is in the air…. and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Flowers are still popping up everywhere I look.
The tulips have sprung from the ground. We have many different colors of Hyacinths.
Daffodils…. and more daffodils.
Here is one of our female geese making a nest to lay her eggs. I didn’t want to get close to her and scare her off the nest so this was the best picture I could get.
Here is the raccoon trap we put there after a few days of her eggs disappearing.
It isn’t as if we need more geese but I feel sorry for her. She kind of reminds me of Jemima Puddle duck from the Beatrix Potter books.
Michael put up some temporary fencing around the garden so we could let all the chickens out at the same time. They sure seem to enjoy it.
I think Michael likes it too.
For Pi Day of the Century I made two pies.
Peach, from canned peaches.
And Lemon Meringue.
Both pies were new to me. I will probably not make the Lemon Meringue again only because I’m the only one who loves lemon desserts and I just can’t eat a whole pie by myself. I gave it the old college try but only managed two pieces.
Last but not least, here are the boys carting off a dead Nutria. Michael had shot it (they are invasive, very damaging and the state of Oregon doesn’t like them) and the boys decided to skin it. Dylan was supposed to have the expertise in this area but he ended up having to go take a shower when he cut a little too deep in the area of the guts. Yuck.
Just a little sampling of our adventures on our farm.
Have a great day,
Karen
Ah… the old exploding nutria guts trick… always a surprise when it happens. I guess the nutria gets the last laugh!
XO,B
PS All those bulbs must be lovely… :o)
I’m just glad it wasn’t on one of my boys 🙂
Karen
The flowers are beautiful. The adventures are always amazing.
love to you all
The flowers are one of the things I noticed when we first looked at the house. I think spring flowers are just one of those gifts from God to let us know winter doesn’t last forever.
I hope your winter is coming to a close. Much more cold than ours has been.
Love you both of you,
Karen
You place looks so cheerful with the vibrant spring flowers! Everything is so nice and tidy. Even the coon trap is clean with a nice bait presentation 🙂 Our traps are all muddy and rusty with some chunks of old meat and bones.
I look at your pictures and dream of spring. Thank you for such a positive post.
Kimberly
We caught a raccoon last Sunday night/Monday morning. Nicholas shot it right before they left to go camping.
I checked this morning and didn’t see any eggs in the nest. I’m sure he wasn’t the only raccoon.
Spring is on its way, for you as well.
Take care,
Karen
Looks like an absolutely glorious spring at your place. 🙂 Have to say that lemon pie is my fav, but I used not to make it for the same reason as you except at Christmas when there was another offering. Then family starting having “just a taste” and, long story short, all became lemon pie lovers! Now it disappears too quickly, LOL