A barn. Trees. Chickens.
A barn raising – slowly, but surely. The barn is going up. The weather hasn’t exactly cooperated with barn-work, however the weekend is looking good! 
Finally, the flowering crab is about to burst into beautiful color.
One branch is on the way … by Friday it should be all out blooms!
Only one pear tree is blooming – not quite all out-full bloom, but close. 
It’s strange that only one pear tree is blooming – usually all three bloom at the same time — and at the same time as the apple trees (which aren’t close yet). It’s a crazy year.
And about the chickens . . .Last night Kirk called my cell phone and asked if I wanted him to put the chickens in. I said, “no, they’ll be fine and will go in on their own”. Thinking he meant put them in the coop since there is a chance of rain. (which I haven’t been doing). Fast forward to this morning….
I go out to gather eggs — and our 3 chickens are at the back door waiting for me! Kirk had meant put them back in the coop/pen. I had no clue they were “out” as in out of the pen/coop. So, they were “out” all night. So — this begs the question….”who let the chickens out in the first place?” A little CSI (crime scene investigation) and I notice foreign poop in the coop. I think a raccoon let them out! We tightened down the hatches tonight!
photos courtesy of Kirk
