Made our own Metal Bed

 We decided it was time to replace our old bed. After looking around for over a year to find 1 we liked and that was affordable we came up empty handed. Until my man decided he could build 1 out of some of his scrap metal if he had enough tubing to start with. And after checking all his metal stock. He started making us a platform bed. To go with the new memory-foam mattress he ordered a few months back.

The start of the bed

Bed done

 It took a little longer to finish it because we lost power for 4 days the weekend he was to work on it

All done, it took the 2 of us to get it into the house and set into place in front of our old headboard.

And now the new mattress set into place to fill out were it was vacuum sealed.

Nice white sheets for a cool nights sleep.

  I am so loving our new bed that only cost us the scrap metal, time and the new mattress. And 2.00 for the black spray paint to paint the frame.

Heat,onions and kittens

The temp. on the way to work at 11 am.

Bob'O' trying to stay cool in front of the fan after we lost power for 4 days due to a storm.

The coolest we could get the house after losing power

White & Yellow onions pulled and drying

                                    Our onions drying on the carport.

Meet BB the little girl we decided we are keeping.

This little girl goes to her new home in 2 weeks, her owner works full time.
So I am making shore she is litter box trained before they take her.

                                                             

Just love that little face

I got you now.

                                                            

Mom had a hard time between deciding on my brother Barney or me. Me not being a biter helped. My brother just like to bite way to much. I am a good kitty I don't bite and am a bit shy. Mom really likes that.

Chicks and kittens

 Mama chicken Sweetie and her 3 chicks are now enjoying the outside in their own little coop and pen until they can be let out with the big girls in a few weeks. They are getting so big at 2 weeks and 2 days old. And their mama don't want any one or any thing near them, I am hoping they all turn out to be hens.    

 Over the past weekend 2 kittens came inside to learn to be inside house cats. We ended up keeping the black kitten and not the 1 we first picked out. Every time we went out to the shed to water & feed mama kitty & the kittens the black one was first to greet us and follow us around. I think he picked us. The little gray girl is going to live with a friend in a few weeks, until then she will be hanging out with her brother and us. It has been interesting with kittens in the house, they are into everything and learn they are not aloud to climb up our legs. Little claws are sharp. Ouch !!!

A little of & a little of that.

The kittens are getting bigger and are playing more now that their eyes are open. I am hoping to find a home for the mama and last 2 kittens. We are keeping a male kitten and a friend is taking 1.
 

This is our little boy now at almost 4 weeks.

Mama watching over them as they play and check things out.

This little girl is the 1 a friend is taking.

These 2 still are looking for a home.

For Mother's day I got a Touch Kindle reader and I am loving it.  Thank you my sweetie's T., Pippi and Mike.

My Kindle touch reader

And 2 very sweet friends gave me a set of lamps and a set of creamer and sugar bowl.   Thank you Danny & Karen, Mrs Carolyn & Paul.

   I also got a surprise this morning my mama hen hatched out 3 chicks from the 4 eggs she had under her. She left the nest this afternoon so I am guessing the last egg is bad. I think her and I are very happy with 3 chicks. My flock now has 27 chickens. And that is more then enough for me.                                                                                                         

1 happy mama hen

 Her 3 Fuzz balls

                                                         

 I have picked the peas and carrots from our garden and they have been dried and put up for winter stews.  And I got a few more pints of chicken stock canned and got 3 pints of jam from my strawberry bed so far and I think I may have enough in the freezer now to make more jam.

                                                        

                                                            

We have been really busy the past month here working on the garden and keeping our yard mowed. The teenage hens got moved in with the big girls now and I am hoping they will soon start laying eggs. All these babies have been keeping me on my toes. I am loving every minute of it. I think when my head hits the pillow at night I'm a sleep before I even close my eyes.  Thank you God I love my life and your many Blessing each day.

                                                            

 I hope you all are having a great spring and a wonderful summer full of love laughter and many blessings.
 
                                                                                                              

The garden and blooms

I am late getting a lot of plants and seeds in the garden this year. Over this past weekend I finally got my pepper and tomato plants in the ground. The radishes are now got and my lettuces are starting to go to seed, so the chickens are getting a treat every couple days. I am getting a small handful of strawberries every couple days. The new plants are doing great and starting to get a few blooms now. Monday we found 4 kittens and their mama in our old barn.  So we are taking care of them for a bit until we can find homes for them. We are going to keep 1 of the kittens. I fell in love with the marking on 1 of them, who is a boy we named Barney. And as soon as he is big enough he will come inside and be neutered. I am hoping he will be a good mouser and will take care of the mice we get in our basement in the winter.

Peppers & tomatoes

Carrots

Onions

Peas

New strawberry plants

Day lily

The kitty we found in our barn

Her kittens

This is the 1 we name Barney and we are keeping.