Tough chickens and wussy me

i am thinking that i should enter a new post.  It's been a week or so.  i have a lot of catch-up at work and come home exhausted.  Everyone at work are worn out as well.  We lost several days work and need to get it all done before tomorrow day-end.  Oy...

Being from Montana originally, i always think we Oregonians are a little wussy about snow BUT our mindset is all about the rain.  We are rain worshippers here; we understand rain.  We harness it for energy and use it to grow crops.  Montana has long winters and Oregon has long springs. We are 6 or 7 weeks away from the first spring flowers.  February is the month to prune your roses for the coming year.  My rose bush may have been killed by the cold and snow.  On the other hand the lilac bush i have been nursing for several years may actually bloom this year because of the cold and snow.

My girls (the chickens) have had a rough time of it as well.  Their coop and yard is in chaos.  i took the canvas canopy down this weekend but left the framework in place.  i don't know if it can be fixed.  i am going to have to get creative in order to reconstruct another canopy.  

Carmen came up to me for a scratch this morning instead of running for the breakfast plate. She seemed to want a moment with Mom so i gave her an extra special scratch.  Her tail wiggled like the dog's when i give her a good scratch.  So cute!

Oh, i almost forgot.  i bought a really great chicken calendar today.  Actually, i got two calendars.  The chicken calendar is really beautiful and i got it for 1/2 price so i didn't feel bad about buying a Llewellyn calendar for 1/2 price as well.  Two for the price of one.  i had decided not to get a Llewellyn this year (the first time in twenty years) to save money but...

i love Llewellyn calendars.  It has all kinds of good astrological information as well as Wiccan lore.  It was the last one the shop had so i took it as a sign.  

Hey did you know Reese Witherspoon and Harry Connick Jr have chickens?  i happen to catch some of David Letterman last night and Harry told the story of how he got his chickens and how his kids relate to them.  I didn't see the Reese Witherspoon segment but her and Dave must have talked about chickens because Dave said her and Harry had that in common.

Well, mi amigos, i'm done for now.  Peace, love and light to you and yours.