Team Arrow

Last year we added to our little feather group, and we had one bird who was yellow out of five who were black. The Flash was on TV and had Eobard Thawn (Reverse Flash, yellow suit) so they were dubbed "Team Flash".
This year we added to our little flock once again, so we decided to go "Team Arrow." Cupcake decided on the name. Big Man pointed out that one of the birds was going to have a white head, and Cupcake asked "which one?"   "Um, the one with the white head." So it was decided the chicken was a blond, and Cupcake named her "Felicity".
Left to right we have "Felicity" "Diggle" "Thea" and "Ollie".

Team Arrow

We planned on plowing out our pumpkin patch this week. Big Man helped Pops remove his blade and put on the plow, then came over to the patch to plow. They had to stop and adjust the plow depth, and when they started the tractor back up, the fuel pump blew a gasket. So we had to put off the pumpkin patch one more week while repairs were made.

That's gonna be a lot of pumpkin pie

The unmowed area is the future pumpkin patch. If we don't have pumpkins this year, it won't be from lack of patch.
Cupcake added ferns to the front porch, which signals spring each and every year. We were a little late on doing it this year, but the weather has been kind of screwy. Of course as soon as we hung them out, we had a cold front move through.

Ferns and Police Week flag

While we were out shopping for ferns, we found Home Depot has persimmon trees. Not only did they have the trees, but the trees already had small green fruits on them. We picked up two and added them to the front yard. We plan on using these to shade the windows in the garage in the summer time to keep the garage cool.

"Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin"

And Saturday we got out and fenced up the peas that we planted a couple of weeks ago, and set out of cucumber plants that we started in the grow center. We have a dozen green cucumbers for dill pickles, and six yellow lemon cucumbers for "Them yellow pickles" everybody seems to love.

Them yellow cucumbers

Peas

And for those tuning in to see why we had a Chevrolet in the driveway last update, this is why. Cupcake had training in Richmond for a promotion she's in line for, and we had that letter from the Virginia Lottery, so we rented a vehicle to make the schlep to Richmond and kill two birds with one stone. Big Man has always said he would rather have his wife turning tricks on Patapsco Ave than have a bowtie in the driveway, but Cupcake wanted to drive a Tahoe on the trip. The local car rental place had a few to select and she picked out her color. We made the trip with the help of the on board GPS, and it was uneventful as could be. The truck had all the bells and whistles which made it comfortable and fun.
We are in the market for a new car, so we considered this a test drive for the Tahoe, and Big Man relented. If we can't find anything better, we will have a bowtie in the driveway.
We ended the week with wings.
K&K