I love working from home. I can go to the coop during breaks and really spend time with nature and what makes me rejuvenate. I am blessed!

This is Ruby. She is our day old chick that really needed extra lovin'. Now she is confident and loves me right back.  

Every time I say we are done and I can post the reveal, I think of more things to add to the coop :)
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Another sneak peak. We honeymooned in the Gulf of Mexico and the turquoise clear water was breathtaking. So we brought a piece of it into the coop. Ruby couldn't wait to check out what we did. 

Believe it or not, there are people who take their chickens to the beach. Just sayin'

Check back for the final reveal soon! 

Our girls (Adrian, Hennifer, and Ruby) will be 6 weeks old tomorrow and are growing so fast! Bobby designed a run for them and started building it. Check back for the finished product in a couple weeks!! 

We were sitting outside enjoying the progress of our chicken run Bobby is building and something landed in my hair. I thought it was a grasshopper when I grabbed it but it was the most beautiful baby praying mantis. 
It is not green like most. My insect friends, what exactly is this? Is it in fact a praying mantis?

God's beauty and grace never ceases to amazing us. 

Thanks Terri for the info on what type of praying mantis this is!! (see comment below)

In our previous blog post, we dried herbs and stored them whole. Storing them whole is said to keep the flavor longer then grinding or crushing them. We have plenty of herbs so we decided to experiment and store them crushed for Round 2. 

We dried the same herbs as last time - Rosemary, Oregano, Sweet Basil, Thyme, and Sage. This time we added Chives. More on chives later in this post. (Click Read More to continue)
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