Enjoying an Indian Summer Day

It wouldn't be Missouri without some crazy weather, so it's no surprise that we're going to be enjoying 70 degree weather the next couple of days and then have thunderstorms over the weekend and highs in the 30's at the beginning of next week.

 

What better way to enjoy this nice weather than to be out scratching for bugs?

Or tasty worms?

Oh, look what I found!  Mushrooms!

Never mind...that nice human is throwing out  meal worms.  Nom nom nom!

And then everyone stopped what they were doing.  I mean STOPPED DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS.  No movement whatsoever.  It was the darndest thing and I'd never see the chickens do that before.  I couldn't see or hear what made them do it, but obviously something was scaring them. 



Shhhh...don't move.  I think it's the IRS guy.

They must have stood that way for a 45 seconds.  And then it was back to scratching through the fallen leaves as if nothing ever happened.  I was probably *this close* to impending doom and would have been blissfully unaware except for my trusty chickens sounding the alert.

 

Unscathed,

Shared with this week's Rural Thursday blog hop.