Recently my darling friend, Amanda, took her husband on a surprise trip to Hot Springs to celebrate their anniversary. I set up camp at her casa to look after chickens, parrots, dogs and various other creatures. My darling friend has a lot of mirrors. These lovely bits of reflective glass only reinforced the knowledge (shoved…
I posted on Saturday about last things. I knew, almost without a doubt, this would be the last walk I took as a resident of Maydelle. In the back of my mind, I tried to think I could squeeze in another one, but it wasn’t to be. So. Here it is. My last walk as…
Last week, I was casually checking eggs and freshening up the water when I saw him. Black, with a pretty pattern, small, glossy eyes and a red tongue. He saw me too. And he left, after participating in a stare-off with me. I guess I won, since he left first. I told Addie about him,…
Do you ever get headaches? The kind that blind your mind and make you want to scream? I do. Not very often, thank God, only 3 or 4 a year. I had one this week. The day was beautiful and I had a ton of wonderful things planned, including a blog for you. That didn’t…
First of all, I’ve decided that even though I’m going to post a walk every Wednesday, it doesn’t mean the walk was actually taken on a Wednesday. This will relieve me a great deal. Thank you. So. Today was windy, cold and sunny. The entire day spread out like a banquet before me and I…
They say to have loved and lost is better than to never have loved at all. Today I am not so sure. Yesterday morning I awoke to let out my chickens into their courtyard, aka run, for the day. I immediately noticed Stripe-Stripe was not among them. I knew in my heart she was gone…
Coming back from a trip is always a nice thing. East or west, home is best! Stripe-Stripe was glad to see me along with all my other little creatures. Here is what I saw. At home. This is Stripe-Stripe’s “Where have you been Mama!?!” face. This is her ‘looking at a flower face’. It was a…
I want to know. Are the poor decisions kids make out of innocent thinking or sheer ignorance? Take for example my sweet Addie, lover of chickens, worms, snails, slugs, tadpoles, horses, the color pink, Third Day Christmas songs, mud and stuffed animals. All-in-all what you would call a smart, cute, well-rounded child. Plays the piano,…
Remember those adorable chicks I introduced y’all to last month? Well they have been growing like crazy and were REALLY ready to bust out of their little crate alongside their mother. So I let them out to explore the world they hatched into and while doing so discovered something. Baby chickens are the most difficult thing…
I don’t think this has ever happened to me. Today, when Addie and I went to collect the eggs, we noticed there were more than usual. A LOT more. Lo and behold we began to count….1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …….12, 13, 14, 15………21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28! Every single, chicken…
The Wicked Chicken 