Spring chickens

This long warm spring has been so lovely. It has felt much more leisurely than our usual rush to shove plants in the ground before it's too late. Perhaps it's just that we're more settled here now. We have established garden beds, planter boxes, and a set routine to spring. Zinnias, broccoli, kale...check!

And of course there are the chicks. They are gangly and flighty teenagers now, probably not appreciating all the attention they receive. Luckily they're sturdy little things. They've ridden on bicycles, gone down roller coasters, and sat on heads more times than I can count.

One particularly warm afternoon they had their first day in the sun.

 
 

Ole's excitement grew and grew. Let the circus begin!

 

 

And just like that his attention went elsewhere and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.