There's one tree in the front yard that has been a show stopper for me...it's completely covered with pink blossoms and we can see it from the dinning room. Just beautiful!!
My sweet husband woke up one Saturday and got to work right away...he pruned all the fruit trees and we are clearing the area where the vegetable garden will be! Happiness comes in so many different packages this days.
I've been daydreaming lately of all of the different vegetables and fruits we will be planting this year. Lately, quinoa has been on my mind. We enjoy it so much and I have never grown it. Oh.. the possibilities!!
The baby chicks that we got back in the fall, are now full grown and just last week started laying their first eggs...they are so small at first. We are saving some of them to decorate for our easter tree this year!
This one is "pitufina", she is a silkie bantam and she thinks she is a dog. If you get close to her, she stops and waits for you to pet her. She is my favorite of them all!
She was born with a crooked beak, but fortunately, she can eat and drink without a problem. She is so little, she does not roost like the other big girls, she just lies on the ground in a corner of the coop. At the beginning, when the rooster was still small, him and pitufina would cuddle up together and it was such a sweet sight. The man of the house taking care of the baby..:)
This are our two Delawares, we call them "las dos Marujas"
Honey y miel are two "orpington buffs"
"Silvia" is our Light Brahma.
"Lola" Rhode Island Red
We have 3 "white leghorns" called "las tres Margaritas. We named them in honor of our old Margarita whom we lost to a Coyote...:(
Silver Wyandotte "Danny chick"...can you guess who named her? She was a chick from when we lived in Los Gatos, so Daniel was 3 years old when he named her!
Filomena, our oldest hen is a "Barred Plymouth Rock"
Ash is a "Black star", a mix of Rhode Island Red and Barred Rock
Richie Ricardo is our sweet rooster. He is an "Ameraucana". We got so lucky with him!! He is gentle, not aggressive at all. He even lets us pick him up!
We are now collecting 14 eggs a day!! Including a green egg from "Ester". I just looove seeing the different colored eggs arranged in a bowl on our counter every morning. We are so thankful for them.
They are gentle, have amazing personalities and we just love to see them outside greeting us sometimes when we come home.
Santiago now is saving money for a horse and he is selling eggs at school to start his very own first business. This is our logo now; "RFF" Rios Family Farm...so sweet!
Now the excitement of eggs in our chicken coop everyday is one more reason why we love Spring!!
The welcome Gnome is beautifully adorned with colorful Hyacinths this days!
The pear tree is in full bloom and attracting lots of bees!!
This weekend, we will be getting some more fruit trees to plant in our orchard and I have been planning what our vegetable garden will look like...this is the site for it...I'm sooo excited.
Spring fever is in the air!
A few days before the Spring Equinox, we had a pleasant surprise! We woke up one morning and everything outside was covered with a nice thin layer of snow!
We all loved it, went outside and just marveled at the beauty and even ate a little bit of it!
With that, we said good bye to King WInter and hello to Lady Spring!!
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