An inside day

Today was definitely an inside day:

The weather took a cold and rainy turn overnight last night, which meant nobody wanted to go outside this morning. You didn't hear any of us complaining (for a change), though. The critters and I are pretty tired from all the spring clean-up work and activity of the last two weeks. We were more than ready for a break.

It was raining so hard, I decided that the chickens needed some chicken run entertainment to help pass the day:

New things are often scary, though, and most of them placed immediate distance between themselves and the odd thing dangling from my hand:

It took everyone a couple minutes to determine if this white and green ball was friend or foe:

"That's not gonna swoop down and get us, right?":

But once I hung it from the roof beam, everybody knew exactly what to do:

I know I've said this before, but I could watch my chickens for hours. It's incredibly entertaining yet unbelievably relaxing at the same time. Here, see for yourself. The background noise is the rain hitting the plastic roofing panels on top of the chicken run:

"Ah," I thought to myself, "this will keep them busy for hours":

Don't you think?:

Thumper called me "silly" to my face:

Because when I did a cauliflower-check less than an hour later, it was totally gone. Except for the string that hung ominously like a noose. Better look out, Roopert:

You know, it's funny how happy I was on this very rainy and cold day today. Do you think it might've had anything to do with the fact that my man arrived safely home last night?: