Brambles and Life

The girls and their white rooster escort are once again seeking the tasties that only a winter's thaw can give.  Locked up in their coop for week's on end due to snow, severe cold, and wind. They are eager.  They're pretty funny when they see snow.  Don't seem to want to touch the stuff.  If one of their little toes comes in contact with it they suddenly take flight and cackle along the way.  

But the snow is melting.  The 26 inches of frost giving way to muddy puddles and soggy soil.  The hoop house warm and expectant.  The garlic contemplating emergence. 

It's been a long, long winter.

Today's Journey Joys: celebrating Ally-girl's birthday with pink, strawberries, and Hello Kitty; morning star bright and clear (ok, it's a planet, but it sure shimmers brilliantly), life and activity returning to the farm, young man Ben releasing his 4000 lines of code for a worldwide audience on "Keen Day".