Devin usually spends the last weekend of April in Alabama at the Talladega Race with friends. This year the guys decided a pig roast at home would accommodate their busy family schedules.
About noon the next day, the pig was ready to be dug up and enjoyed by everyone who came over for the feast.
The nice thing about these gatherings is that it requires very little work on my part and we get to eat pulled pork BBQ for a couple of days.
The girls also had a friend over for the night and they decided to camp out by the creek in our back yard.
Willow and Rose spent many hours during the week building forts and tents just for the occasion. They pulled out warm camping sleep bags, flashlights and snacks and then spent the entire night camping. Two of our cats found them and took the opportunity to bunk with the girls. It was cozy, I am told, with purring kitty cats.
It was so much fun that they are planning another weekend campout!
Finally, when you have free ranging hens you will at some point have free ranging baby chicks.
We have one particular hen who alway makes a nest on top of a cabinet in the garage. She will lay 12-15 eggs and decide to set. Of course she is a petite game hen and usually only manages to cover a few eggs properly. Every year she emerges with a couple of babies.
This year was no exception.
It is alway a bit scary to see her hop down and then cluck her babies to do the same. It is a good 6 foot drop down to the concrete. Her chicks always make the fall safely though.
She has been happily free ranging with her two babies ever since.
This weekend we are going to relax, enjoy the weather and work on a few unfinished projects. I hope to make it out to a local farm for strawberries this afternoon.
I hope you are having a fabulous day!
Happy Friday Ya'll!
