Lots of branches to pick up after a storm last night.

The flies were bothering her.

 I think she thinks I am another chicken, and we just scratch in the dirt together, looking for something to eat. This is Sparkle, and is always beside me when I work in the garden - she does have it figured out, and there is lots for her to eat.

 Big helper!

 The chickens ready for bed. The three "babies" (they are over a year old now, but the youngest ones) still stick together at night. I think their wings are like that because it is hot (all of the other chickens are like that too).

 The seeds were all planted today.

That's not your house GingerSnap!.

 

 A bird bath came out of winter storage, and the chickens had to come check it out.

 More tornado warnings today. Again there were a couple in the area, but we didn't see any (tornadoes are very unusual for us).

There was a tornado warning for our area, so we were keeping an eye out (we didn't see anything, but a couple touched down in that direction).

 I had helpers while I was digging out weeds in the garden this morning.

 All done!

So relieved it's almost done.

 Almost done, just the sunroom left.

 Someone knows how to climb a ladder!

We finished one side of the roof, and stripped the second side today (I had to tie on my hat because it was a bit windy).

 May 2026 home photo (roofing in progress).

This is the first time I have removed shingles (not the first time putting shingles on), and these tear off spades work great. The fact I had three scary dreams about sliding down the roof last night, might have made me overly cautious on the roof today, but we got lots done.

 The start of a new project - roofing! The shingles on the south side were in really rough shape compared to the ones in the photo on the north side.

 Rolling on the grass together.

 Killdeer next right next to the driveway.