Halloween in September?

A green monster ... cleaning his teeth? I found this picture while uploading images from the camera and have not had a chance to ask Meg why my son appears to be impersonating the Incredible Hulk - she is currently enjoying the full moon with a late night paddle to Masonboro Island, with Lydia and Kathleen.

Emma is keenly aware that Halloween is mere weeks away and she is going for quite the grand entrance this year. There are a few interpretations concerning the knife: either she is making a witches broth, or else she is helping cook. For the record, I did NOT have anything to do with giving a 6 year old a knife!

Massey chicken farm embraces new life

Well, we were all rather saddened by the recent victories by the resident fox and decided that it was time to ask the chief chicken farmer (aka Eddie) for some new friends for our beautiful remaining cochin chicken (the black one). We received two docile brown hens and, since one of them actually laid eggs at Eddie's house, I modified the coop with a nest. Apparently chickens are fragile animals who, if moved, will not lay for at least two weeks, and if it is hot they are also reluctant to provide breakfast. Suffice to say, we have not seen any eggs yet, but we remain hopeful that when it gets cooler, we will have three productive hens!


So I have felt some pressure to keep the chickens cooped up for their own safety, but they love getting out, eating bugs, and settling into dust baths. This weekend I made a run for them around their coop and so the children started playing with them again. Harrison definitey likes to get close up and personal with his chickens. His mother was not terribly excited when she saw him inside the coop, or under it for that matter and it was not long before he found himself in the bath.





After all that excitement these two sacked out together in Emma's bed.