Nearly every day this week, the daytime heating and moisture in the air has brought thunderstorms.  The storms finally brought us a cooler morning – perfect to let the chickens out into the pasture for some fun.  While enjoying “chicken tv”, this graceful visitor was spotted in the pond looking for breakfast.  There are a few minnows in the pond, although I have no idea how they even get there since the pond does go completely dry on occasion.  The pond is a little oasis with some oak and willow trees in the middle of an otherwise treeless pasture (except for a few thorny mesquite trees here and there).    With the recent rain, the pasture grass has greened up considerably to make for a peaceful scene.  The chickens of course failed to appreciate the scene as they were too busy eating grasshoppers. 🙂