How can you possibly say anything else?

I mean, a big old "Awwwww" is just the right response, isn't it? Go ahead, it feels right.

We had originally planned to get two baby goats, but a series of tragedies on the source farm changed the game. We got a mom and her bouncing (literally) baby boy instead. Looks like we still won, doesn't it?

Teamwork!

This is not just a fancy picture of eggs ... this is teamwork! See how many eggs there are? I'll do the hard work for you ... there are seven (7) eggs ... this means that everybody except the rooster laid an egg today. A first!

Puppy with T-Shirt

D (3) introduced me to this guy the other day. "Look, Mommy," he said, "I made a puppy in a T-shirt."

Winter Wake Up

What a winter! Waking up to the gorgeous results of snow or freezing fog is wonderful when hitting the roads is optional. Am still looking forward to spring, though ...

Eating Animals

I'm in the middle of Jonathan Safran Foer's book, "Eating Animals," about the prevalence of factory farming. Very sad. I can't help but be especially affected by the information about the poultry farms, where the birds are given, on average, 67 square inches of space (that's smaller than a piece of typing paper). I've looked at our coop and wondered how many birds (or pages of my last unpublished novel) would fit inside with 67 square inches to each ... 50? 100? I'm sure there's a mathematical solution, but it's more interesting to just try to visualize them. Then to be glad there are, in reality, only eight feathered bodies wandering around.

I'm reminded of some of the reasons I chose to become vegetarian over twenty years ago, though I think it's gotten worse during that time. It's a good book, though. Well worth the read for anyone concerned about animal welfare or the quality of their food.

Meet Red

This is Candy (or Corn, I'm not sure which). We used to be able to tell them apart, but not anymore. Now I usually just call both of them Red. Candy/Corn is a Rhode Island Red hen. I figured since I was posting several egg pictures, I ought to feature some of the "ladies" who are responsible for them.

To do this girl justice, you really ought to click on her and view this picture full size. Look at that eye!

No, I'm not crazy ... just infatuated. Just wait until we get our baby goats!

Eeya begins to lay!

I couldn't resist adding this picture. I never thought I'd see so much beauty in eggs! But I promise I won't limit myself to posting pictures of eggs! This picture is special because it features one of the first "Eeya" eggs (our Easter Egger hen so named because that's the sound she used to make when we picked her up ...)