“How was your weekend?” Isn’t this the Monday follow-up question to Friday’s “What are you doing this weekend?”. In general, I don’t ever tell people at work what we did over the weekend. They already think I’m weird enough as it is. Most of them eat, breath, and sleep Real Estate; they have a difficult time understanding that it’s just my day job. HOWEVER, you people get what we’re dong here… or at least you want to try to get it. So, we’ll fill you in on how the Making of Stonehenge turned out.
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The Lining of Stonehenge
22 Monday May 2017
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“What are you doing this weekend?” Everyone seemed to ask me that today; the admin at work, the chiropractor, the mailman, the teller at the bank today. Quite frankly, I wasn’t really too sure. Mom and dad sent a vacuum (that works) home with me; I could do housework, there are still seeds that I want to plant, we’re supposed to be getting berry bushes that need to get into ground, we need to finish painting the chicken coop before the monsoon season starts, we also need to work on the circle garden. I wish I had started this blog yesterday so that I could say, “We’re making Stonehenge.” Now, after researching a bit for this blog, and having a discussion with Sue, I think that’s where the focus is going to lie- our own little Stonehenge, otherwise known as the circle garden. 
Things are never quiet for long. Sue has finished several projects (that we’ve already discussed) and is lining up several more. Most recently, because we’re contemplating graduating the Delawares to the Biggies side, she built an “escape hatch” for them. A place they can get into, if they need to escape from the Biggies and still get food and water. There’s a door on the left side that we can use to put the water and food in there for them. The teens can get in, but not the Biggies – well Maeve might be able to fit, but – in general – she doesn’t really bother the littles. Sue made it really sturdy because we’ll be
using it off and on for a while yet… and she connected it to the footer wall so it won’t simply blow away the next big wind storm (tomorrow and Sunday and Monday). I think it’ll work really well. When we do move the Delawares, we’re not sure how Roman is going to like it. He’s sort of found his tribe with the chickens AND the ducks. They’ve become a big family, they still squabble a bit, but – hey – what family doesn’t. At least there hasn’t been any blood lately. The second photo here is last night, just before they were all ready to bed down. Roman sometimes protects the chickens when the ducks want to run after them, and sometimes he runs after them himself, when they get too much into his personal space. The ducks seem to think of him as an annoying younger brother. We may end up moving the family as one; Delawares, Ducks, and Roman. 
Have you ever made a change that, at first, felt incredibly HUGE– but then, after a bit, you realized it wasn’t that big of a deal? Are we ever afraid of change? (Channeling Pastor Mark there, or maybe Mr. Rodgers.) Change can be especially scary if you’re just a little chicken! Your whole world has been one way for the entire 4 weeks of your life – then BAM! your feeder changes and nothing is the same ever again!!! Or at least it seems that way. This is what has happened to the little Rangers. They were wasting so much food, eating out of the egg crate (that worked quite well when they 
were younger) or the other flat feeder we were using. Once they started scratching it everywhere, those were a bust. Sue bought one of the trough feeders, with the holes on the top to keep them from getting in and simply scattering it every where (in the photo, it’s the long red thing they’re checking out). But it’s so scary!!! They’ll figure it out as soon as they get hungry though, and then it will be no big deal. They’ll say, “Why were we so afraid of this?” Then they’ll feel like they can face anything – at least until the next change comes along. 
Wing and a Prayer 