I let the chickens out every morning at this time of year. They eat bugs and worms and love to take a good dust bath. In a few weeks, I'll have too many plants in that I won't want them to eat so their hours out of the coop will be a bit less. They are enjoying every moment of freedom from morning til night.
Otto is Lily Pons' last year's handsome kitten who somehow has managed to become a big strapping cat. (He's the one we kept from this litter of five red striped tiger kittens.) He still is as sweet as they make 'em and really the only cat I have managed to have sit still for me for a photograph. He is loving the daffodils this week.
I have no idea what this shrub is but every spring it lets out a scream of a wonderful pinkish-salmon bloom that I gather by the armload and bring inside. After it's all over, you would have no idea that the homely shrub could be so beautiful.
I love these little purply-blue grape hyacinth blooms. The raindrops hanging onto the sides of them kind of look like little glass baubles.
Happy May!
Hi Kristin. The red flowering shrub is quince. I have one too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. Thanks for sharing. That is so fun that you showed my stuff for the show. I can't wait to see the show hopefully it will be on in Madison. I am sure you were wonderful.
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susan
Otto is so cute! :) Do you often give your litters of kittens away? Thanks for the great spring pics!
ReplyDeleteLove Otto, and I thought that was a flowering quince! We had one in my mom's yard growing up!
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Going to "third" the flowering quince. We have one in our backyard. Aren't they beautiful?
ReplyDeleteCute kitty!
Hello Kristin, Your chickens are lucky to get to roam during the day. We have coyote's and they dine on ours if we do that! Your kitty is very cute. Finding a batch of kittens in the barn is so much fun!! I enjoyed looking back at the babies.
ReplyDeleteThe quince is beautiful!! Do you get fruit on it?
Hello Kristin, Your chickens are lucky to get to roam during the day. We have coyote's and they dine on ours if we do that! Your kitty is very cute. Finding a batch of kittens in the barn is so much fun!! I enjoyed looking back at the babies.
ReplyDeleteThe quince is beautiful!! Do you get fruit on it?
Aww, what a sweet-looking cat. I've always loved orange striped cats. And the blossoms! They're so vibrant. Does Otto really hang out with the chickens? I guess if you raise them together it would work, hmmm.....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers and sweet kitty :)
ReplyDeleteA fun quince fact - you can cut them in late winter and bring them inside and "force" them to bloom early :-)
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