So, Its colder than ... bejeebers!?!. Mostly because its January. January is usually the coldest month of the year. I know this, you know this. But the big box hardware stores seem to think its march. Jimmy and I went on a hunt for presto logs yesterday. The big box stores did not have them. A straight faced saleslady told us, without blinking or giving any indication that she was joking. that presto logs and fireplace tools were a 'seasonal' item. She pointed us to the 'seasonal' department which is now full of bar-b-ques and racks of potted Pansy's. HD's headquarters are in Atlanta. So, I can see how they would get confused. But I'm thinking their buyers should do more than just look out of the window of their building HQ (in their warm southern locale ) to decide what 'season' it is. I'm pretty sure those Pansy's are gonna be dead before anybody buys them. Why were we trying to buy presto logs? Because, like so many other things in the summer, we were just so overwhelmed at everything that needed to be done, we kept putting off getting our usual cord of wood until it was too late. Moving Sucks! And now we are cold. I left the basement door open before I left to go to an acting workshop. It was 60 degrees in the house when we got home at 11 pm. Well below what the thermostat is set at. For a minute there I thought the furnace was broken.
Since it is so cold outside at night, I have been giving the chickens a hot breakfast. I get oatmeal when it is cheap,on sale, or out of date. It makes for a great chicken breakfast on freezing mornings. But pretty much anything, including their regular chicken feed will do. Just poor some warm water over it and let it soak a few minutes. They are unhappily crunching through the frozen grass as I sit here looking out the window. I still need a rooster. I still want to hatch some chicks. How I'm going to do that without Jimmy finding out what I'm up too? Not sure yet. I still have a month to plan my baby chick incursion. I need to time it so the chicks are not born in May. My Grandmother said that chicks hatched in May are 'never any good'. She had chickens her whole life so I'm going to trust her.
I still need a couple more drummers for my 'spirit of the land' honoring ceremony!
Since it is so cold outside at night, I have been giving the chickens a hot breakfast. I get oatmeal when it is cheap,on sale, or out of date. It makes for a great chicken breakfast on freezing mornings. But pretty much anything, including their regular chicken feed will do. Just poor some warm water over it and let it soak a few minutes. They are unhappily crunching through the frozen grass as I sit here looking out the window. I still need a rooster. I still want to hatch some chicks. How I'm going to do that without Jimmy finding out what I'm up too? Not sure yet. I still have a month to plan my baby chick incursion. I need to time it so the chicks are not born in May. My Grandmother said that chicks hatched in May are 'never any good'. She had chickens her whole life so I'm going to trust her.
I still need a couple more drummers for my 'spirit of the land' honoring ceremony!
