Eggcellent!

The Girls have been very productive. They've been plopping out four to six eggs per day. My egg basket (Christmas gift from The Man) has been in continuous use.

White eggs from Sweetness and Baby (Red Leghorns), pinkish-brown eggs from Tandy and Brandy (Buff Orpingtons), and brown eggs from Mrs Bond (Plymouth Rock) and Sophia (Speckled Sussex).

Yes, even Sophia, (aka "The Hag", "Chicken Soup", "Henny Penny", and a few unmentionable names) has been putting out her fair share.

Sophia's Inspection

Fruits of our Labor

But, as they say, not all eggs are created equal but they are all equally delicious.

Food Fight

This is the time of year to be seeing migratory birds on their way back home. I get a thrill when I see the first rusty red hummingbird (perhaps an Allen's or Rufous Hummingbird?).

We don't see it very often or for very long: maybe only a day or so, for just a few hours.

Sadly, our resident hummingbirds don't share my enthusiasm.

Chickens and Duhks

Birds of a feather really do flock together. Yesterday, the ladies were buddying up with their same-colored gal pal. (Note that tint of green -- little sprouts coming up after the sprinkles of rain.)

Last night, The Man and I drove south for a concert at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts.  Lucky me, this is the second time I've won tickets from the hospital -- community sponsors of the Clark Center. To make it even better, Susan, a work friend, also won tickets and we sat next to each other.

The Duhks (pronounced like "ducks"), a Canadian folk rock band, was a pleasant surprise of versatility: appalachian, Americana, cajun, fiddling and french songs, gospel, audience-participation hambone (slap, slap, clap) and let's not forget the rockin' banjo. It was fun and it looked like the band enjoyed themselves almost as much as we did.

The Duhks   Clark Center for the Performing Arts   2/15/14