Chicken Update - To answer why our chickens have been traumatised - About a month ago during the night a 'beast', maybe a stoat or a weasel, got in and under our electric fence and took one hen leaving a pile of feathers and took a couple of bites out of another. Tim has installed a new electric fence. The two remaining hens are in full feather, the other one has missing feathers but no eggs. Poor hens.
Today's picture is inspired by a night time adventure. Tim woke me at 1.30am saying I might like to come and see something...I was fast asleep but soon awake and intrigued. A badger had knocked the lid of the metal dustbin that we keep our bird feed in. It was so engrossed in eating the seed that opening the door and turning on the outside light did not deter it from its feast. Such a beautiful creature.
Today has been a jigsaw of change. Tim goes to bed before I do. While I am waiting for him to complete his ablutions I have been reading poems/rap from a book that Harriet gave me by Harry Baker. They have made me laugh and cry. Thank you to our weird and eccentric emotions that make life worth living.
 |
Night Time Visitor Watercolour |
No comments:
Post a Comment