Look what the chickens did!

Back in July, Joel and Andy went on a 4-H field trip to the Poultry Science department at NC State. They learned about chickens and ended up bringing some of the day-old chicks home with them. They turned out to be 4 hens and 2 roosters. In the past 4 months, we've learned alot about chickens!

Did you know that roosters don't start out saying "Cock-a-doodle-doo"? When ours first started to crow, they sounded like those little baby dolls that say "Momma" when you turn them over on their tummies!

Last night, Andy came in the back door, very excited and calling for me to come see what he found! When he fed and watered them, there were 2 eggs in their pen. By this morning, there was another one! Ah, there are farm-fresh eggs in Shari's world tonight!

More Fall Pics

Here are a couple more of my favorite shots from my stroll through nature.

Fall

Fall is a beautiful season. So is spring, so don't make me choose which is my favorite.

On Easter weekend this year, I went out with the camera and took a walk, taking a few "artistic" shots along the way. I was pretty pleased with some of them and decided that I must do the same thing when summer gave way to cooler temperatures and the leaves changed colors. Last week, I remembered that and went on a fall walk around my world. I'm glad I went out when I did because I would have missed some of the best shots if I'd waited any longer.

This one is a mum that was in an arrangement I received when my grandmother died last year. I planted it in my front flower bed and it came back this year. Bright, showy flowers - wouldn't Grandma like that!

Over the next few days, I'll post some of my favorite shots from fall in Shari's world....