BUT this is my entrance pic for the sofrep beard off. Step off bitches…. the beard is imminent!

Brandon Webb, whom I’ve come to know a bit over the last several months, just published his new book.  Willow evidently thinks it’s pretty cool.

In Willow’s words:  “send it.”  That’s my little red butted jungle chicken!

Cute, ain’t he?

These guys are Kiwi SAS. Harder than a woodpecker’s lips. No I didn’t black out the eyes, as this pic is readily available for anyone who can Google.

Sleep tight knowing that very very dangerous men like these are protecting even you hippies.

This year, for the first time in the 4 years we’ve been here, robins decided to nest under our deck.  They had 1 little fid who made it through, and they recently left the nest after he fledged. This was mommy 2 days prior to them deciding their little one was good to go and they left.

We flew the flag today. Oh Yeah.

Lots of new users. I guess I’m going to have to un-arse my perch and update the site. Ok here’s the drill: starting tomorrow, I’ll have vids and pics of the flock up, along with a few behavior posts (lessons learned). Thanks to the folks that registered, hope you find our flock as entertaining as I do.

… It doesn’t deserve to be on the side. Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry will be given the the Medal of Honor on July 12th.

SFC Leroy Petry

The obelisk he stands next to contains the following words:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

I cannot add to that.