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It’s only June, and it’s already SUNNY?!

Rian — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:03:36 +0000

I’m mostly pulling weeds today since the ground is soft from all the rain, and it’s actually… well, don’t want to jinx it, but… s-u-n-n-y today. Yeah. I know. Shhh.

This wasn’t a planned stop, so I didn’t bring the good camera. The best I can do is a little iPhone iPhotoJournalism, to [...]

Ethel: R.I.P.

Rian — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:52 +0000

I figure I should get some of the unpleasantries out of the way before I start posting sunny pictures of my perfect children eating fresh, organic produce.

Ethel the chicken has ceased to be.

Not totally sure about the birth and death dates. Pretty sure she's dead.

<irreverant, gross chicken story alert>

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Breaking a Broody Hen, Literally

Rian — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:18:03 +0000

Just kidding.

On the chicken theme, one of the girls has now decided to go broody. Dottie, the white one, had climbed into the nest box and was refusing to leave. I mean, REALLY refusing. Open the door, and she lets this nasty creaky… uh, hiss? Not sure what you call that noise, [...]

How Not to Blog

Rian — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:02:52 +0000

Clearly, things have not gotten much better vis-a-vis the time thing.

Still, I thought someone out there might be interested to know that I found these in a pile in the henhouse the other day:

Work is for Chumps

Rian — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:22:57 +0000

And being a chump, I’ve been real busy lately. Sorry about that.

Also, our remodeled bathroom is almost done. We didn’t get the window ordered in time, and so we’re in a holding pattern until that shows up later, but the rest is just awaiting inspection. Anyway, my yard is a total mess, [...]

New Coop Roof

Rian — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:40:32 +0000

Phew… thank god that’s over. I had a tarp bungee corded over my coop for the last couple of months, and every time I went outside, I thought I’d died and gone to the Hell of Trucks on Blocks. I don’t even know that I have pictures of it since I was so [...]

What a day… sigh…

Rian — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:56:19 +0000

I mean that in a good way. Our no. 1 son is sick, and so we’ve been up at all hours lately. So, contrary to my usual sleeping-in-til-9:AM routine, I was able to make breakfast this morning and get outside before 8. I know, most people do that all the time. I don’t.

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Pissed Off Chickens

Rian — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:37:55 +0000

Apparently, there was some sort of misunderstanding… or my mood’s rubbing off on the girls, cuz they were PISSED today. All of them. Now, I don’t want to sound sexist… lord knows… I would never…

But, having generally hired women for my businesses, I find that… how to put this… they sometimes… let’s [...]

LUNCH!

Rian — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:39:58 +0000

Sometimes, I feel like my garden’s not cutting it. I still have to buy tomatoes, and it’s heading into August soon. The aphids have discovered my brassicas. My only peaches obviously have residents at this point.

But, then, I make myself lunch from the garden:

Today, I had fingerling potatoes sauteed in [...]

An Even Dozen, and Then I’ll Stop

Rian — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:16:39 +0000

Let the girls out this morning to pick out our 12th egg. That’s an even dozen and probably as good a place as any to stop reporting on the subject. For anyone interested, they’re still tiny– 34 g.