Just a Little Reminder that Winter Is Still Here

Brrr, baby it's cold outside!  14 degrees this morning.  Not a record but still very cold.  I don't worry much about poultry as long as their water is thawed.  They have a huge inside coop to hang out in if they're so inclined.  Bear rabbit seems to enjoy the cold but temps were predicted to be in the single digits so I moved him inside for a couple of days.  We're pretty much reduced to Spring planning and watching the show that the little birds put on at the feeders outside our front windows.

The cold weather causes all the poultry to eat a lot from the feeders, partly from boredom and the chickens to lay fewer eggs.  We go out frequently to collect the eggs so they don't eat them (I suspect a rooster is our egg eater!) One of the new hens has started to lay and that little girl has the most perfect eggs, whites are thick without excess water and the golden yellow yolks stand up tall.

Yesterday I put the tomato seeds planted almost two weeks ago in a little greenhouse on a heater to warm up the soil and this morning 3 little seedlings have germinated!  Now, that's a promise of warmer weather to come.  Here's a wish that you'll find something growing in your life that makes you feel optimistic.