Bearded lady with a crooked toe

is a hen that keeps to herself most of the time no matter what the rest of the brood is up to. I try to pay her a little extra attention. Don't tell the others but she is my favorite. John sat out on the back stoop tonight while I tried out my Canon 5D. He bought it for me last week but it arrived by FedEx this afternoon. I plan to pay him a little at a time for it. It's one sweet camera. John says that we should call ourselves master gardeners because we can always seem to grow stuff even when we don't try to. The sunflowers popped up after we started feeding the birds, imagine that.