{"id":7005,"date":"2014-02-22T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2014-02-22T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T12:02:41","slug":"is-spring-finally-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=7005","title":{"rendered":"Is spring finally on the way?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We seem to get one very welcome day each weekend when there is a break in the rain and we have blue sky and sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>Today it made the garden feel springlike.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7018\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/a_patchofcrucusopens_in_the_welcome_sunshine.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7018\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7018\" alt=\"A patch of crocus opens in the sunshine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/a_patchofcrucusopens_in_the_welcome_sunshine.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A patch of crocus opens in the sunshine<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7019\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/a_bed_of_snowdrops.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7019\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7019\" alt=\"A bed of snowdrops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/a_bed_of_snowdrops.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bed of snowdrops<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7020\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/these_helebores_look_good_against_the_brick_work.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7020\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7020\" alt=\"These helebors look good against the brick work\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/these_helebores_look_good_against_the_brick_work.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These hellebores look good against the brick work<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7021\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/this_one_self_seeded.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7021\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7021\" alt=\"This one seeded itself\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/this_one_self_seeded.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This one seeded itself<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7022\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the_girls_get_a_dandilion.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7022\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7022\" alt=\"The girls get a dandilion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the_girls_get_a_dandilion.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The girls get a dandelion<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7023\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dandilion.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7023\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7023\" alt=\"Dandilion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dandilion.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepper and Dotty share the dandelion<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7024\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ambers_head_feathers_look_better_this_morning.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7024\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7024\" alt=\"Amber's head feathers are looking better this morning\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ambers_head_feathers_look_better_this_morning.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber&#8217;s head feathers are looking better this morning as she gets her own bit of the dandelion<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am really pleased to see that Amber&#8217;s feathers had been pooped on and not plucked out. Her head feathers look almost back to normal today with only a little bit of feather still sticking out a tiny bit.<\/p>\n<p>Both the girls and I are enjoying this bit of spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We seem to get one very welcome day each weekend when there is a break in the rain and we have blue sky and sunshine. Today it made the garden feel springlike. 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