Posted in urban chickens, reading on Nov 13th, 2007
The last of the cherry leaves are still holding on, but the rest of the trees around here are pretty much gone. This week it has struck me that the dark days of winter really are upon us. It’s barely light when I leave for work and it’s dark well before I leave the office.
I notice […]
Posted in urban chickens on Oct 19th, 2007
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
- John Lennon
So Wednesday I left the hens loose in the yard when I left for work because it was kind of rainy and dreary and I figured the dogs would rather be inside. Then I worked until 12:30 am. Mike got home late and they had […]
Posted in urban chickens, dogs on Oct 11th, 2007
I think. I’m 99% sure that the little black chick is actually the smallest hen in the flock. Good thing I decided to keep her. Now I could still be wrong, but she’s now clucking and sqawking just like the rest of the girls with nary a practice crow to be heard. She’s officially the […]
Posted in urban chickens, locavore, gardens on Oct 7th, 2007
Of course today, the only day I had to work in the garden before leaving for Italy, it’s raining. And it rained its hardest while I was working in the yard / garden. Oh well - at some point I was so wet that it no longer mattered that it was raining.
Luckily I got a […]
Posted in urban chickens on Oct 4th, 2007
Late fall seems to have come early to the PNW this year. It’s been cold and rainy for more than a week, with today topping out at 50 degrees and the forecast not promising anything better for at least the next five days. We may get lucky and be graced with a bout of indian […]
Posted in urban chickens, personal on Sep 29th, 2007
I just want to say that my chickens and I met Representative Jim McDermott today. More on that tomorrow. That is all.
Posted in urban chickens on Sep 25th, 2007
Tonight I should have blanched and frozen the 8 lbs of green beans in my fridge. I should have weeded my flower beds. I should have deadheaded my roses. I should have pruned the bushes growing in front of my window. I should have done a lot of things. But I did none of them.
Instead I […]
