Even Tinier Egg

There were seven eggs today.  

Including a surprise.  

Sitting in the nesting box with the big eggs, there was one tiny egg.

We assume it was laid by one the very young buff orpington chicks.

She was born in May!

The egg weighed 4 grams.

The two largest eggs in the bowl weighed 73 grams and 71 grams.

The tiny egg had a rubbery shell in parts, and it broke.  There was no yolk.

High Summer - Raspberries and Eggs

It's been sunny and warm.   D has been able to clear much of the brush from the front and side yards.

This is the fourth serious picking of raspberries.

We'll turn them into juice - there are now five pints in the freezer, plus we enjoy some every day.  (Not counting picking a handful to eat as we walk by.)

In May we bought six Buff Orpington chicks from Frog Pond.  One "disappeared".  The other five were adopted by one of the old hens, and she has done a fine job of raising them.  They are now about the size of Cornish Game Hens, so this was a surprise today.

A little, tiny egg!

Welcome to summer!

This is nicer than the destruction described in the last post.

Terrible Storm

Around 1PM today, there was a huge amount of rain.  It truly came sideways from the north.  It was rather scary, especially when trees started coming down.

Notice, the first tree on the right is broken around 10 feet up.  The next tree beyond that on the right is half there.  There should be only pine trees to D's left.  A big scrub tree was uprooted, and that's what you see in front to the pines as well as a large branch from a maple.  A lovely deep purple lilac is also uprooted.

A tree is lying on the back roof, held up by the roof and another tree.  

Trees came down on three sides of the barn - but, amazingly, the barn still stands!

So far, the cars and buildings and we are fine!

Power was restored around 7PM.