bittersweet, I am so pleased to hear you got some really warm weather for a while lately. That is some kind of a temp change, though - yinkies! Rock garden sounds great and lots of fun for you - you and Emptynester both having rock gardens but quite different in Arizona, I'm sure.
Thanks for the link, Harmony - I had seen that site a while back but it didn't have NEARLY as many photos so I'm so glad you pointed it out. The photos are great. Definitely a "feel good" gallery of happy images.
Yes, the eggs we're getting are very clean. We have plenty of straw down. Of course, when it gets genuinely muddy things might change, but so far so good.