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spotty-dotty\'s most winsome gaze...

Spotty-dotty’s most winsome look…

Sweety’s patrician gaze…

Blondie (Chirpy) ’s level stare…

Did you miss us?

This past week, a number of “firsts” of the season:

peas (snow, english, + snap):

beets:

also, leeks.

Last of

broccoli:

You can’t tell from the photo, but this head was 11″ in diameter…

Spa days have long passed- the chicks rapidly learned how to clean their own feet, and these days they take their baths outside, in the dust/dirt, rather than the serene oasis of their youth. But Spotty-Dotty was happy to revisit her old haunt, if only for a brief photo op. Sadly, even if she wanted to, she wouldn’t be able to fit into her old soaking tub!

Here’s Spotty-Dotty at 12 days:

And here she is at 57 days:

Look how big she is, and not even two months old! I could barely get her, and the soaking tub (upside down in this photo- I was hoping to convince her to try and perch on it) in the same shot!

Our chickies are all growing up!