It’s September!!!!  From now through January 1 you will notice a happier me.  It’s my favorite time of year – the time I live for.  AND quite a few things have come together nicely to make today even better.

The weather, for one.  It’s been cooler (70’s) and breezy – perfect for being outside, so I spent time pulling weeds in the garden this afternoon and playing with the chickens.

My new issue of Cooking Light came in the mail today.

I got an email that the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back at Starbucks.  Hooray!!

I finished the socks!!!!

Finally I came move on to something more challenging and interesting!  I am thinking the girls need new mittens and hats.  And Oona could use some new hand knit socks.

I made double chocolate fudge cookies.  They’re brownies in cookie form.  mmmmmmmm.

I got a mini little nugget of a pumpkin out of the garden.  And a mini nugget of a watermelon as well.  The pumpkin had every intention of being that small, and is just fine.  The watermelon?  Not so much.  But it’s cute anyway.

The pumpkin is the same size as this braeburn apple.

Little baby watermelon.

Pippa thinks it owuld make a tasty puppy snack.

Tonight I am making some butternut squash and apple soup with some fresh bread for dinner.  I just love this time of year.  I dont’ think I could live in a place that didn’t have autumn.  I know, it’s not technically autumn yet, but close enough.

The only thing I need now is for my rooster to start his crowing again.  I haven’t heard him in over a week now.  At first I was really worried.  I feared throat worms, all kinds of parasites, you name it.  Emily and I examined every chicken to make sure there were no creepy crawlies to be seen.  Poor Roo.  I pried open his beak to see if there was anything amiss down his throat.  Nothing.  I have since come to the conclusion that they all have a bit of a respiratory thing going on, so I’ve been throwing a wide – spectrum antibiotic in their water to head off any infectious germs that could be brewing.  I figure after a few days on that my boy should be crowing good and loud again.

Hopefully he’ll start fulfilling his “manly duty” with the hens soon, too.  Not that I plan on hatching any chicks anytime soon, but it’d be nice to know my roo isn’t you know…..

Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but I might like  chicks in the future.  I guess I’ll have to just wait and be patient.  I don’t think the hens mind much.  They’re full of attitude and don’t need no rooster messin’ with ’em.

Yup.  I just need a crowing rooster and my life will be complete.  Though getting rid of that last ten pounds would be nice, too.