More Odds and Ends

I finally have some sunflowers and after the heat we are going to have for the next few days I am hoping for some more. I feel like saying that I am back in business.

I just have some odds and ends today. I finished my June Word play before July got here. So if I get myself in gear I might finish July before July. I have 3 rug projects I am working on and I got my wool for that yesterday. I should be able to finish those up now.

Here is my June Word Play.

My  chicks are getting pretty big now. I have been putting them out in the yard during the day. They really like the cage outside. It has been hot so I have let the big hens out too so they come up and look in the cage at the chicks and watch them. It is kind of sad that the broody hens stand around staring the most.

Sasha thinks she is the chick official protector. She lays by the cage, chases the hens off if they get to close and if a cat comes up she also chases the cat away.
She wants to stay out there with the chicks and watch them and not come with me.

The chicks are never afraid of her and don't seem to mind her just watching them in the cage. I found a book about Border Collies, and it said that Border Collies are smart but that they are so OCD. They have to have a job to do or they get very depressed. So when she starts acting like that I just let her round up my chickens and she watches the grand kids. She takes her jobs so seriously.

Speaking of OCD. I told my husband I was going to post this so he knows. We were working out in the garden the other day. We had worked 3 hours getting every weed out of the herb bed. I was starting to get tired and I was ready to quit. He was raking up the last of the weeds and he started singing this little song.
" Oh, how I love my OCD,
It is such a part of me."

I laughed and laughed and I am so happy that we both have it. It would be so hard if one of us did and the other did not.

I think that is why we all love our dog so much. She fits us. Oh, and Sasha and the chicks do you remember the movie Babe and how Fly the female Border Collie was always kissing Babe? Sasha does that to my chicks she always kisses their faces. I guess it must be a trait too.

So just odds and ends today. I read a blog the other day and it was about chicken watching and how it was good for you. I was so glad that I am not the only one who just stands mesmerized by chicks. Just like the dog.

Have a great Thursdays!
~Kim~