I Like Thursday #64

Good morning and welcome to my I Like Thursday post #64.  Thank you LeeAnna of Not Afraid of Color for encouraging and inspiring us to find something to like each week, because honestly I wouldn't post hardly ever if I didn't.  

I like my chickens they make me laugh, and smile.  I am not happy with them when I go out and they have dug out my planter pots to dust themselves in.  I was walking past the window and spied them in the small ditch that we have on our property to drain water into the large ditch in front of our home.

You can barely seem them as they walk through the ditch and the tall grass.  Like they are sneaking up on something.  What I don't think they even know. 

I like that the babies are large enough that I can let them out into their yard and they can't escape.  They are so funny.  The first day I opened the door to the yard they all stood in it, crowding each other.  Soon one would fall into the pen and panic and jump back in.  I still don't have many brave ones that venture into the yard.  

I like that I managed to keep my Japanese Maple alive through the winter.  I had one rose that didn't make it (I think someone stepped on it) playing on the berm.  

Yep my grass is tall, and full of dandelions.  I won't spray, I do go out and pull them occasionally.  We have had too many wet days, and so nothing can really get accomplished. 

I like my mother's day planter that was a gift from my mother and daughters.  

As well as 2 Rose of Sharon.  Now to dig them a hole and plant them. 

I like that my tulips finally started to bloom.  Took a long time.

I like surprises.  In the garden.

 I remember planting these before, they have somehow migrated to a different area outside of the flower bed.

Um the oak tree start is a surprise also but I have some Columbine too.  For a few years it was all over.  

I like the lineup of vintage autos even though they are all junkers at what used to be the local parts yard.  

I like my new lounge to enjoy the outdoors and a book when it isn't raining. 

A few years ago there was this weird lump in one of the trees at the very end of the branch.  Later on during the year that tiny branch broke off and I discovered it was an oriole's nest.  I then started to watch for them.  This year there is another nest way up, it has been there for 2 years now.  I was outside and this guy flew by me.

One of the ladies told me to get an oriole feeder.  It uses a jar of grape jelly.

In the couple of days that I have had it, I have watched a couple of orioles enjoying the treat.

I love that they have repaved my road.  Yes it was that bad with pot holes to the point where you had to practically drive down the center.  The problem is that people race up and down this road. I have a feeling it is going to get much worse now.  

Finally I like this series of books by Joanna Carl which takes place on the west coast of Michigan in a fictional town of Warner Pier.

Now head on over to LeeAnna's to see the other I like posts.