I can't stand it.  Being in Texas and enjoying all the fresh produce and the warm weather pushed me out of my winter doldrums and I want to plant things.  I had ordered seeds before we left, and they were waiting on me when we returned.  We planted lettuce today, plus broccoli and cabbage.  I have started my tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers, with the herbs still to plant tomorrow. 

When we returned from our trip, the white hen, Penelope, was acting strange and not willingly leaving the hen house.  The boys were sure she was sick, but I thought otherwise, and since I am the expert on poultry behavior (hee, hee), I was right.  She is sitting on a nest of eggs.  Since we were gone for 2 weeks, I'm not sure how long she has been on them,  so we are hoping and praying that at least one hatches.  It's pretty exciting (at least for us chicken lovers).  I never imagined that the baby chick we bought last spring would be sitting on her own nest this year.  Ain't nature grand? 

We are also in the process of acquiring 2 young female Nubian goats.  I'm a little apprehensive, since I've just gotten comfortable with the chickens, but how hard can they be?  No, don't tell me if you have horror stories.  They're so cute.