Monday's Post - random bits and pieces!

Hello!

Easter time came and went pretty quickly here, and today I'm looking through our pics as we thoroughly enjoyed a visit from our Dear Son, so lots of lovely moments to treasure. 

I'd like to share a few:

Chocolate for breakfast...

Ahhh, power!!  I had two pairs of willing helpers to do my bidding lol ;D)
A production line to prepare lots of apples for the food dehydrator .... ↯ I cracked the whip mercilessly, [evil laugh] ha ha ↯

...  also, manpower to mix the crumble topping for Apple Crumbles.  Some for tummies, others for the freezer:

... a few dabs of butter and then into the oven

Meanwhile, I sat idly by playing with the remains of easter egg tin foil... 👯

I did label this post "random bits and pieces" ... so I'm jumping to the subject of our chooks now.

Henny Penny (the feral chook who stayed... previous post here), is on the far left.  She now allows the latest additions to the chook yard (1 Cockerel and 4 Hens) to be within less than a few metres of her!  Took a few months, but she kind of confirmed our thoughts that she was pretty lonely by herself, even though she enjoyed the safety of our yard.

A rare occurrence, Henny Penny and Rooster sharing a possible tid bit!

Feathers now spring to mind!!  and thought I'd include my feather collection to date in this post:

Some are from the chooks, others from Cockatoos and Galahs and even more that I can't identify.

Well, that sums up everything up for the moment.

I hope your Easter time was a happy and peaceful time, doing whatever took your fancy.

Update on an Update on Feral Chookie!

Not sure how the "Update" works, but I'll wing it  ;D)
5th January 2017  This morning I took down Henny Penny's brekkie and look what I found in the far corner of the yard!

What a lovely surprise!! One was fresh laid this morning, still warm... and we hadn't noticed yesterday's.
We let her out late yesterday for a free range and while she was happy to pick and peck around the area, she made no attempt to go further afield.  Come roosting time, she walked back into the yard and up into the roost all by her own choice.
Guess we've officially been adopted! Yay :D)

Hello!
A wandering chook adopted us after MD saved it from an impending dog attack.  It spent the night on the drying rack on our verandah. That was 3 days ago and I'd mentioned it in my previous post.

Updating.... day two.  Feral chookie kept hanging around our yard (to our delight), and come evening, look who I saw peeping through the window:

aww, so cute.  Who could resist those gorgeous chookie eyes...  so she stayed another night, this time perched on the top of a chair.

She then spent another day happily coming to and from our yard.  The dog came back with a friend in the morning but our Red Wattlebirds raised the alarm .... I kid you not, they're so possessive of a certain Grevillea tree that they clack clack at anyone or anything that dares stand near it.  So we saw the dogs off straight away.

Last night, sure enough, the now familiar rattle of a chair... we looked out and there was Henny Penny (oh gosh, we've even given her a name now!)

She was turning this way and that and couldn't get comfy.

Please let me in, she seems to be saying!

I couldn't stand to see her being so uncomfortable and as she was allowing me to be so close to take pics with the phone camera I took a chance at going up to her.  

She didn't seem to mind when I lifted her up, so off down to our empty chook shed (are still waiting for 6 chooks MD had ordered a while ago). 

She didn't mind at all, chose the back rung and settled in ok.

Here she is just a couple of minutes ago... enjoying brekkie:

We'll let her get used to the night perch and then she can wander at her will during the day when we're home to keep an eye on her.
She'll decide whether she wants to go back to her home, or someone may come a'knocking for her, but at least she's safe.

Cheerio for now and thanks, as always, for taking the time to visit :D)

Happy New Year 2017

Happiness, good health and peace are my wishes to you for this year.  

May kindness abound in your lives

A funny little thing happened this morning. 

Yesterday afternoon, MD shooed off a dog from attacking a wandering chook in our front yard and so she stuck around for a while and generally made herself at home in the garden, then disappeared.

This morning, I heard a noise just outside the window .... and, look who spent the night with us:

"Well, Good Morning!!  and a Happy New Year to you 

Cheers now and see you over at yours :D)