You will remember that the day before yesterday we opened the Big Barn Doors so that our hawk could find his way out. Which he did. I have left them open. Yesterday was fine and clear and gentle with just a touch of spring was in the air. The sun streamed into the barn, drying out the corners. We got up to 40F and that was fine with me. The early touches of spring are more promising than pretty. But they are there.
Well maybe cats in the sun are pretty.
TonTon trying to climb a vertical ladder to get into the loft is borderline pretty but only from above.
Queenie loving her time in the sun with some grass but on a dog chain is not pretty but she is happy on the inside. Daisy was mooing with disgust, watching little Queenie being led out to the grass in the orchard but Daisy is much too big now, and you will remember her last day on the feed chain. 
Clothes on the line frozen solid because I forgot to bring them in last night was not pretty. And those guineas are never going to win a beauty contest, but never mind. 
This Fat Mama sheep who insists on getting fatter with no signs of being anything other than a Fat Mama is quite pretty but lambs would be prettier. She gave birth to her quads in April last year. I was hoping we could bring her confinement back to early March but maybe not. 
Garlic coming up is a bit pretty though.
Wild onions coming up, which means plant yours now Cecilia, but I forgot to sow them yet, is really not pretty. But it is green in my sleeping garden. I will sow the onions today!
This ugly little clump of chives battling up, knowing that there must be at least one more bout of bad weather to get through, before the real spring, is pretty though.. trust me this is PRETTY. The first thing I eat out of my garden is chives.
My trusty weather man tells me that we will be having a lovely day today too. And it is dawning a transparent navy outside my loft window. I really must bring the tripod up and take a shot of my loft window sunrise for you one day! It is 19F (-7) out there at the moment though. I wonder what today has in store for us!
Good Morning!
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
63 responses to “A tiny bit of spring is not always pretty”
I love the earliest signs of spring!
they are heartening aren’t they morning sweetie! c
Very pretty shots. I love the hint of Spring that is in the air at the moment. Warmer days will be here soon 🙂
The guineas are really too much! I never even knew what they were before last June! Now all my hopes of less ticks and chiggers on the farm rest with them! So I just love them!!! I’d love to know more about the garlic you include in the animals’ food. Like who gets it, how much, and how often!
Thanks for your wonderful pics and delightful readings! di
What a wonderful and yes, very pretty, morning walkabout on the farmy! I don’t trust even this mild TX weather a bit myself, so I think you’re wise to assume anything can still happen. Yet we must plow forward . . . !
It’s been a crazy winter in SLC and we too have chives, etc sprouting out of the ground way too early for there own good.
Hope you had a good weekend!
Oh; I so want to visit your farm one day. It sounds like a wonderful place.
visitors are always welcome, they are handed a pitchfork at the gate!! c
I love your pictures today 🙂 TonTon is gorgeous! The first signs of Spring are so different in the Northern Hemisphere, aren’t they? I remember being incredibly excited at the first signs of Spring last year in Edmonton, although this was in May, definitely not as early as February! I would be very excited for spring in February! Enjoy your day 🙂
Love the chives photo. I’ve never seen them being grown before so I really enjoyed viewing that. And look at Queenie… she just looks magnificent and so cute. And just look at TonTon.. he is just a cutie I tell ya
TonTon says (blushing) gee thanks Kay.. c
Your still a Kiwi leavin your washing out! I knew I had scone one when I no longer rushed out to bring the washing when a shower passed, the sun would shine again soon enought to dry the clothes off :0)
You made me laugh out loud, Allison. You really are a kiwi girl! I am so glad you found your home. I LOVE washing after the rain has given it the extra rinse.. esp sheets!! c
I just love the itty bitty moo! Will she always be that size? t
I sincerely hope not, though the herefords are the sausage dogs of cows, they get long but not terribly tall.. all beef!
Could we start a special category for Guinea Hens in nature Beauty Contest? The reason they get hysterical about hawks??…no colour, no jiggly skin hanging about, beady eyes, predictable design on feathers…really. To the hens, that’s scary u-g-l-y!
Yes a special category would be wise (laughter) c
Brrrr! I’m shivering just thinking of the garden tasks in that chilly weather…but I think ALL your animals are very pretty. I really do–and I’m thinking you do, too! Queenie is my favorite! You love these guys, that’s for sure, and beauty is always in the eye of the beholder! Ha! I’m still hoping you get that early spring! Debra
So far so good Debra, it is not too cold anyway and the grass is getting a wee bit green so that is a bonus! c
I love how the sunlight is shining on the little kitties heads and the laundry floating in the wind. BAM
I love getting the laundry out into the wind to dry! As well as saving about 70 cents every time, it is so much healthier.. c
We are forced to dry our our clothes out on the line as we have this silly washer/dryer combo that only holds about 2 kg of clothes. Get real! Maybe 3 pairs of underwear??? So needless to say we are always hanging clothes out to dry every day. But my pictures would have never turned out as beautiful as yours. BAM
Ah, but it’s on its way to being pretty. Soon enough though! =D
aye, soon enough ! c
Seeing the first shoots is a pretty sight to me, my chives and mint are stirring into life, soon, soon we will be munching on fresh growth