Moths and Miracles

This week there was a swarm of moths released into the wild, and an Easter miracle happened (a few days late, but we're still counting it).
First, the moths.
As our few followers may recall, last fall Jake killed a nine point buck down below the house. He had the head mounted and paid for it out of his own pocket. This past week, the head was completed and he went to pick it up. When he opened his wallet, what we can only assume was a hoard of moths escaped into nature, so, we apologize for the uptick around outdoor lighting this summer.

And for the miracle. Two of our lavender birds hatched, shortly after Easter. After the first two batches failed to hatch, we did some internet research to see if there was some trick, or if we were doing something wrong. We read that if your rooster and hen both have tusks of feathers on their cheeks, the eggs will not hatch. Some kind of genetic glitch, and then those that do not have the glitch still have a 20% hatch rate, so leave it to us to pick the black diamond of breeds to try and hatch.
A day or two after Easter, two of our blue eggs hatched, and one of our black birds also hatched. So now we know that we just need volume for results, we've settled in for a summer of egg hatching.
Boomer needs to step up production.

On the normal stuff front, we did normal kind of stuff. First, we made a home made pizza using the leftover ham. Ham and pineapple pizza rocks with the smoked ham, sliced paper thin.

Then the girls wanted fried squash. When I say "the girls" I mean Cupcake and Fraidy Mutt. Both sat outside while Big Man fried up a skillet full for the first time this season.

Sprinkled with "Slap ya mamma."They don't make a "slap crazy granny"

"Hey, Big Man, you know I like squash, right?"

We made another gallon of laundry detergent (no idea why everyone does not make their own)

The mountain laurels out front have bloomed, and the smell is intoxicating. We've had our bedroom windows open, letting in the scent all week.

Our strawberries have bloomed, and we have our first green berry. We're kind of excited about all that.

And our transplanted tomatoes that we started from seeds have grown to the size we can safely move them outside to the garden. As soon as the frost threat is past, we will do just that.

We ended the week with an away game of softball for Kattie Grace. Auburn whooped two undefeated teams in an all day double header in Abingdon Va. It was a two hour drive both ways, but well worth the trip. Oh, and wings, there is always wings.
K&K