The Nursery

We have a lovely porch on our house (please ignore the large pole, not our idea, but its here to stay). Unfortunately the windows no longer open and we live in Southern Colorado and this porch has southern exposure, making it way too hot in the summer.

However, it is wonderful through the winter and early spring. It is nice and toasty and holds the heat well through the night, making it a perfect nursery for all kinds of things....

Like my seedlings! The tomatoes, watermelon and rhubarb seedlings are all loving the accomodations!

And our meat bird chicks! They are so warm that the heat lamp only has to run for a few hours in the early morning to keep them nice and warm!

And, finally, these little guys! Kittens born just yesterday out in the porch! What fun to have a nursery and see all the babies (plant and animal) growing and thriving!

The Birthday Gift

Happy birthday hubby! So much for the Keurig, guess Mr. Coffee will have to keep working a while longer...behold what Michael just received for his birthday instead: a 1969 International Loadstar retired fire truck. The town was looking to get rid of this thing so we acquired it for only $100.00! It does have a small issue starting, but other than that she's a cherry! Like-new interior and only 11,000 miles. It also has a water pump and hoses so we are hoping to use those around the place here. Right now the kids think its the best toy we ever bought them! I have actually been working on getting her back to her bright redness...the kids aren't as into that as they are climbing on it... With the lack of rain and the wind we are having here, it might come in handy for its original purpose too! Can we say fire danger!?!?

Learning

There has been a lot of learning and growing going on here. Punch has been learning which cats are friendly and which are not so friendly...

He is also learning where to find the good shady spots! Its been up into the 80's and even 90's, followed by days in the 40's and 50's so we are all going back and forth between shady spots and sunny places!

Blitzen has been learning about bindweed, its been sooo dry here this spring, but somehow the bindweed has managed to come up. I can't believe how big he is, he'll be 2 months next week!

Finally, I am learning once again to have some patience. Our cherry tree is in bloom, so warmer weather is hopefully here to stay, now just for some rain!!