Plum Crazy

Posted on October 11, 2017 by TJ

I’ve gone kind of “sign crazy.” I’ve been having a lot of fun making cute little signs. I’m getting low on wooden letters so I’ve been constructing new letters out of old letters–like making an “R” into a “P” or a “Y” out of a “Z.” Eventually I’ll get to a craft store to buy more letters. 🙂

I used my purple paint pen to color the “Plum Crazy” letters. Then I turned the letters upside-down and painted the back with blue paint. Some of the blue paint got onto the front side, which I think gives the letters a wonderful “plum crazy” look. When I finished with the letters, I glued them to the gate leading into the poultry pens.

I painted other letters green. I glued some of them outside over the chicken’s little door, which is at the back of the coop:

I glued other letters for the ducks’ door. Since their door opens to a little alley between the coop and the garage, I glued the letters to the front of the coop with an arrow pointing to the ducks’ little door:

I have another sign that I’m working on. I’ll share it with you when I get it finished.

While I was outside gluing letters on the coop, I heard a flock of birds flying overhead. I looked up, but couldn’t see them. I kept hearing them so, curious, I went further into the garden so I could locate them. At first I still couldn’t see anything, but finally I saw a large flock of birds circling very high in the sky. They made sort of a cooing/warbling sound. I didn’t know what they were, but I videoed them so I could show EJ and maybe we could identify them. EJ immediately identified them as sandhill cranes. I have never before seen so many. It was very awesome! Here is the video:

Category: Autumn, Birds, Blog Posts, Homestead, Poultry, The Enchanted ForestTags: Autumn, Birds, Enchanted Forest, Poultry

2 Comments on “Plum Crazy”

lucindalines
October 12, 2017

That picture shows more cranes than we ever see at one time, except for last year in the fall when we hit on a day where there was a plethora of them in a slough on our way home from school. I have heard them a couple of times here in the last week. It must be a sign that it is time to go south. Now just waiting for the geese and the ducks to go. Enjoy your fall!!

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- TJ
  October 12, 2017
  
  The place we lived downstate was a big sandhill crane area, but I had only seen small groups (like 3-5) standing in fields now and then. I’ve never seen so many cranes as I saw in the photo/video. It was amazing! I think you are correct and they are gathering to move south. I hope you are enjoying your fall too! 🙂
  
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