Seems I'm always looking forward to the weekend...and always have a list of fun things for us to accomplish...We went to the flee market this morning...Lynn had been telling us of all the cool finds she had been seeing there in the animal department...but this Saturday, they didn't have very many animals out there except for puppies...and puppies just were not on our list!   I did see on pair of chickens... they were quite interesting, the rooster had a huge comb and long tail feathers. His ear lobes were white, so I'm presuming they'd produce white eggs.  They were tucked under another vendor's table edge...I think they had purchased them earlier in the day. 

    We went on down the road and stopped at a yard sale... they had a tractor out back... but it was too new...and they wanted too much for it...so again we passed on buying anything (other than asking for some flower seed from a neat princess feather type plant), and went on to the feed store.  We needed chicken feed, goat feed, hammie feed, and I picked up some turnip seeds for the plant unit I'll be teaching my first graders soon.  I usually like to teach about plants in the spring...but it's scheduled for now this year...so we will be adapting with some fall plants. 

    Our fall plantings are sprouting up in the big garden... There were a few clouds gathering this evening, but it's been awful dry here again.  If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I think we may need to start watering if we want to have a crop.

    Richie picked up a new iron griddle skillet at the feed store...my mind traveled back in time when you would have picked up all kinds of things at the general mercantile as you made your seasonal trip to town for supplies. ... he's got it all seasoned up tonight so he can try it out on our omelets tomorrow...Man can he make some ...delicious...omelets. 

    We stopped by Lowe's and picked up some plumbing supplies to work on the watering system in our chicken yards.  We saw a couple of friends picking up their own project supplies too... then we headed home.

    First we (well  it was Richie, with my supervision about which chicken feed went where... ) unloaded the truck... Then, Richie ran the water pipe to my new chicken pen sections.  It is so nice to just turn on the spigot and I can water 5 areas at once...we put valves on them so I can turn off any I don't need.  I've ordered some automatic waterers, but even with our mild winters, I don't think we can use them during the colder months when it might freeze...even this system may need to be turned off at the turnoff valve during freeze warnings....but in otherwise mild weather, it will certainly be a time saver... Thanks my love!  I did help gopher a little bit...and of course offered my wifely supervision skills...

     I went in the garden with gloves and my clippers... and tried to tackle a few of the morning glory vines that have taken over... I didn't even put a dent in them...will have to try again tomorrow...

    The green beans I'd planted the last of August had their first bounty...I picked enough for Sunday dinner tomorrow.  They are all snapped and ready for the cooking pot... LaLa picked a couple for the bunnies... they just nibbled them right up.

     Lynn and Lala came for a visit...Lynn wanted some pecan seedlings... so she dug up a few to take home and plant.   Lala visited the turkeys, played with the rabbits, and checked out all the chickens.  We even went over to grandpa's house and saw his new baby goats, and then he had new kittens too.  I think La La would have liked to have taken the little yellow cat home...but she couldn't convince ma just yet... But we all know how her dad loves yellow cats...there is one there if they decide they want one.  We went and told the horses hello... and then called it an evening. 

    The day just flies when you are having fun....and chores don't even seem like chores... they're just living the good life! (at least says the supervisor...LOL)

We enjoyed the visit yesterday! ....got all my pecan trees planted,,,,the large one is a gonner, but I think the others will be fine. Keepin my finers crossed! Next time you guys want to come lookin at chickens and stuff at the flea market call me and I'll let you know when they've got lots of goodies. But honestly,,,,they are overflowing with them ......except when you guys come , it's really the "rare" occasion that theyre arent good pickins'....just seems you guys always hit that day. Anyway, you guys have a great day! Love ya!