By Jove, I Think I've Done It!

 You've all seen me floundering along on this new website and blog journey, and it seems that - today - I have at least achieved part of what I've been trying to do. It's only been 2 months of frustration, no big deal. I jus wish my brain would cooperate with the learning that I need to be able to do, in order to keep up with life and business in a digital world.

So, I am partway there ... I have figured out, now, how to have my recent posts, categories and tags appear down the right hand side of my blog posts. What I still have to figure out is how to change the script on them to make them less staid looking and more interesting. I guess that too will be figured out eventually. For now, I'm just thankful to have them appearing where I want them to.

My brain and this techy stuff are def NOT bosom buddies, but onward I will plod with this, until I get it right.

The joy in my life, right now, comes from 4 little 2 legged gals, Poppy, Pollyanna, Maybelline and Henrietta  ... my chicks. They are so funny, their little personalities are developing along with their wing feathers. 

Poppy is the most gregarious and tends to give me a dismissive look when she is in my hand ... how does a chick do that? She's also the biggest and beginning to stand taller, all 4" of her. Her wings are fully feathered, and although her body is still downy, it's sleeker and less fluffy than  it was. I think she is probably a day or so older than the others, simply by her stance and feathering.

Maybelline is my "bull in the china shop", just rushes through the middle and barges her way in, wherever the food is.

Henrietta always tries to run from me when I go to pick her up, but then gets an "oh yes, oh more" look on her face and closes her eyes when I start rubbing her cheek.

And then there's Pollyanna, tiniest of the bunch but pushes right back when the others push her out of the way. She is a sweetheart, and settles in my hand quite happily. She's constantly preening herself and had a bare spot but as she grows it looks smaller in relation to the rest of her.

Hubby has been building me a raised bed. Hopefully, he'll have it done this weekend, and I'll transplant half a dozen melon plants into it. We can then lay straw on top when they start to trail out for the melons to rest on as they grow.

My peas have already started to flower, so soon we'll be able to pick pods fresh from our very own vines. The tomato plants are coming up, and the blueberry bush is flourishing. The one blackberry bush flounders along, getting some healthy new growth and then other parts looking like they have died off. I have found out that it prefers to be in the shade and not in the sun. Odd because when it was just growing wild, down near the field, it was in the sun all the while.

No guy time up-on-the-roof work going on this weekend as my grandson and his family are moving into their new home. I'm excited for them. They close on the house tomorrow; it's been a long and hectic 60 days for them, that's for sure. hubby may be up there by himself, getting some more done. Not sure, as it's supposed to be hot and methinks a metal roof and hot weather may not make for a very comfortable workspace!

#lovemychickens #mylife #frustrations #lovemycontainergarden