Occasionally I name chickens after people. This Valentine's Day I named chickens after my parents. Mom's chicken ended up being called Libby, because there are a lot of Kathryns around here. Dad's of course is Bill.

This is Bill.



At this time I actually had two white silkie roos, the second looking like this.




Looks just like Bill. Just like him. I dubbed the second rooster Not Bill.

Eventually I traded Not Bill for some other chickens. A couple of weeks later I was at the house where Not Bill now lives, saw a white silkie rooster and asked "Is that Not Bill?" To which the owner replied "No, that's Not Not Bill."

Not Not Bill looks like this. Yep, you got it. Not Not Bill looks just like Bill and Not Bill.



So now we have Bill, Not Bill, and Not Not Bill.

This is Absolutely Not Bill.



Absolutely Not Bill has come to live here simply because he is a different color than the other Bills. Here is Bill letting Absolutely Not Bill know who is in charge around here.



This is Paul. He's a little Sasse.



If anyone else wants a chicken named in their honor please let me know. Plenty of chickens to go around, but middle names will be required.

Things are popping up all over, but my main garden fun this year has been silly stuff. There's the candle holders I plant every year. Whenever I find one I like in a junk store it goes in the ground. Usually upside down.



There's the village fence,



with the bird feeding station right behind,



The little rocks on the left are my Idaho Rocks,



The herb garden. I really used some of these the other day when I made a pork loin!



Then there's the pinterest ideas. A gnome garden. The gnomes are going to relocate to a big barrel, but right now they're hanging out in the daffodils.



The tipsy pots are up and planted.



And a little log border is up.



Somewhere in the garden is a border collie, a couple of small chairs in case a hobbit comes by and an alligator. Still a bit of organizing to do, but we're in business, even though it is just March. And btw bird fans, our purple martins are here!!