Iced rooster
Some birds don’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain. When the rain becomes an ice storm, bad things happen to dumb birds. Earlier this month, I went to bed knowing nasty weather was headed our way. I’d made...
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Off-season brooding
Posted by admin | Dec 27, 2007 | Birds and Beasts |
December isn’t prime nesting time, but we can’t convince this banty hen of that. This is her first nest, but she seems to have the basics mastered. Puff up and spread out to cover the eggs, screech at anybody who...
Read MoreMerry what?
Posted by admin | Dec 26, 2007 | Birds and Beasts |
Lottie’s had a rough week. Her 4-month-old calf is a rather vigorous nurser. Add a bit of chapping from winter weather, and her tender parts got quite sore. She quit letting the calf nurse, which led to other issues. She...
Read MoreHappy holidays
Posted by admin | Dec 25, 2007 | Perspectives |
Honestly, the tree did not look this big out in the field. It’s an eastern red cedar, cut from a poor corner of pasture about 300 yards from the house. The full, bushy side of the growing tree faced southwest and...
Read MoreSolstice salad
I slept through the actual moment of Winter Solstice, when because of the Earth’s tilt, the Northern Hemisphere leans farther away from the sun than at any other time during the year. It happened just after midnight here...
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