duckies

LINK to Elizabeth's story

spring is indeed here

the duckies are back to foraging,
i opened some of the winter draft proofing on their pens
they crack me up, as now they are to the point where i can find a dandelion and call them over

they RUSH ME
i kick up leaves and they come running over

i love those ducks

i am not getting friendly with the new pullets as eventually they will be in the stock pot
but the ducks will live a long life (as will marguerite, dulcette and henrietta)
they are actually feathered garden tools
with the motto ...........'death to slugs' emblazoned on a sash...........

nex ut tardus

that is from the english to latin translation site

hhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm

maybe it isn't that good in latin.....i can't see that on a little shield on their wings

but to return to their usefullness

they are little slug eatting machines
and turn them into eggs!
which btw, their eggs are now full sized duck eggs
cleo isn't laying yet
which i am grateful for
i am going to give them a while yet before i put the drake with them
i want them foraging and recovered from the winter

phoebe and lillianna will be able to lay fertile eggs as a few folks want them
but if the drake is too rough with them
i am going to not let him near them

this past winter was hard on everyone
i did make sure everyone had greens and alfalfa
but it's nothing like foraging for wild stuff

in knitting around here
another pair of mittens
you know.......i knit mittens, socks, hats, cowls almost all the time
i can't find so many pairs of mittens that i knit
and socks
where the hell did they all go
so i keep knitting
i expect someday
when we move or when this place is getting cleared out after my death............
someone is going to find a stash of knitting mittens and hats

and some cream colored long curly cat hair

cause i am 99.9999999999999999999999999999999 % sure
that thaddeaus knows something about all the missing knitting

and he ain't talking