After getting phone calls and emails from family and friends I went out into the yard to have a look at the weather.  We were under a storm watch and waiting for high winds (up to a poss. 70 mph), thunderstorms, flooding, and a possible tornado. Well we didn’t get any of it, but we did get this…

Looking towards the Tennessee border

The clouds are very impressive when you consider they are over Fayetteville, TN about 15 miles away.

In our little enclave we had blue sky right above us but ten minutes later we had this.  First the storm was moving in from the south. Then suddenly the winds changed and it began to blow from the north and got cold.

Rain and Shine.  It rained about 15 minutes, very hard, and then suddenly stopped.  We are constantly surprised by our weather here.  I imagine this is because we come from Southern California where we had very little change in the day to day meteorological happenings.

Bring it!

You just can’t believe your eyes, and yet, every day brings more beauty.  I am fascinated with the cloud formation and color in this silhouette.

Well, so OK,  it isn’t a lot of snow, but we sure were surprised when we got up!

Snowing...

Snowing...

SNOWING!

Gone.

By three this afternoon you couldn’t even tell it had been a snow day.  All that was left was in the shadows like this little bit on the mulch pile.

Earlier in the day however…

Buddy eating snow... He thought it was all for fun!

He ran around the whole time.  I never did get a picture of him or Tucker that was not a BLUR!

If you click on the picture to enlarge it (and once again for an even larger view) you will be able to see this cardinal’s mate just to the left and above where he sits.

I was asked if my Golden Hennies laid golden eggs.  Well OK, maybe not golden, but definitely BIG!

Why you might wonder?

BECAUSE THEY’RE TWINS!

This is the Christmas Egg

Christmas has been feeling a bit sparse this year,

not many presents,

not much cheer.

So today, I went out to feed and check on the chickens,

I do it every day.

And what to bleary eyes should appear?

One little brown egg

Layed by a  Henny so dear!

This was the first,

So we must not delay,

In building,

And installing,

Nesting boxes right away!