Archive of 2009 March
A photo of a chick’s bottom
on March 27th, 2009 in General by Dan | 23 CommentsOli has been asking for up to date photos of the chicks. Well, I say chicks, but they are fast becoming fully fledged chickens. Sigh, they all grow up too fast. So here they are in all their gawky adolescent glory. They are currently living in our coal shed amongst…
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Forgive me for I know not what I do.
on March 26th, 2009 in General by Dan | 12 CommentsA couple of months ago I had an email conversation with Greg about waiting until I could actually play a tune on my ukulele before posting videos on YouTube. I have chosen to ignore that converation. They say that every time you practice an instrument it is a prayer, and…
Continue reading...Tree Watch: Week 158
on March 19th, 2009 in General by Dan | 6 CommentsWhat do you mean you don’t remember Tree Watch: Week 2 and Tree Watch: Week 4? Call yourself a friend? Go back to my archives immediately and start memorizing every post I’ve ever written as a penance. I was up in the garden trying unsuccessfully to surreptitiously take a photo…
Continue reading...779 Chickentropolis
on March 13th, 2009 in General by Dan | 21 CommentsI’ve always had a tendency to err towards obsession, but the past couple of weeks or so have seen my manias taken to extreme proportions. To say I’ve become preoccupied with poultry would be an understatement. I’ve been eating, sleeping and breathing chickens. Not only do I have my lovely…
Continue reading...Dan’s one word movie review: Watchmen
on March 8th, 2009 in General by Dan | 15 CommentsPictures of peepers
on March 2nd, 2009 in General by Dan | 24 CommentsI’ve decided to name the chicks in honor of Phantom Kitty’s 58th birthday. Please welcome to the world Groucho, Chico, and Harpo. I hope no more than two extra ones don’t hatch or I’ll run out of names and have to drown the excess. Bookmark It
Continue reading...Houston we have a chicken
on March 2nd, 2009 in General by Dan | 14 CommentsI’m a dad! Three chicks hatched so far, two yellow ones and a black one (or two Light Sussex and a Cuckoo Maran to give them their official titles). Hopefully by the morning there will be even more. We’re leaving them in the incubator for a while to dry out…
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