Every morning I collect eggs from our 8 hens. I've been having an ongoing battle with one who refuses to move from the nest. Every morning she growls at me. I never knew chickens could growl. She says "errk, eerrk, errrrr" and looks at me like this: We have come to an agreement. I give … Continue reading chickens and pearls
Not so easy to take photos of the sun and moon.
There is a reason it is so hard to keep your house clean: The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
I was wandering through the kitchen the other day and glanced outside to see a skunk wander across the lawn. It was quite near the house, which was fine until my cat noticed it. Uh oh! This does not look good. I stood frozen, trying to decide if it would be better or worse to … Continue reading Close Encounter
Let's talk about puppies. I often foster pups for the local animal shelter (Central Vermont Humane Society - great place, support them!). We have fostered more puppies than I can count. Sometimes it is simply that there isn't enough room at the shelter. Sometimes it's because the dogs aren't ready for adoption. The first … Continue reading Puppy Socialization
don't buy a dog unseen
"If I need to pick Char up at 2, I should leave here at 1:30." "I wonder if I have enough change for an ice cream cone? "We're getting how many puppies???" These and dozens of similar questions come up daily in our busy world and most of us calculate them without thinking about it. … Continue reading Tally Sticks: Puppies and Taxes
When was the last time you watched the sky? We have had a rainy, stormy, summer here in Vermont and the sky has been gorgeous. Yesterday, I was sitting on our porch trying to get up the energy to work on the woodshed I'm building. It was Sunday and the local building supply closes at … Continue reading Much Ado about Nothing
My question for today is: What does it mean to say time is the fourth dimension? To truly understand I suspect you need symbols and equations, but if you relax your brain and don't over think, you should get the general idea. We live in three dimensional space. Objects make that clear. A box has … Continue reading A Question of Time
Cats and birds
The Nature of Things 