little chickens laying eggs

and occasionally forgetting to put the SHELL around the egg makes for an interesting egg gathering experience

oye

the new pullets are still trying to 'get it right'

we had the typical pullet eggies, tiny, rough shelled.... oddly shaped
some double yolkers
then came the shell less wonder
it broke in the nest hay

as it didn't have a shell just a very very thin brownish membrane

oye

it isn't as much fun as it sounds
i realize i don't talk about the chickens as much as i used to
the new pullets i am purposely not getting attached to, as down the road they will be stewing hens

and as to talking about the cats, well due to some really horrid people in the la perm world
i felt it safer not to talk about them
so for the most part you get to hear duck tales

maybe next year it will be turkey tales in addition to duck tales?
who knows what barnyard inhabitants will make it into our lives here

ok for the past few days, i have been doing out of season clothes, winter sweaters actually
(said just a day after 28 degree morning temps huh..........?)

as we don't have closets i am washing and drying and fixing to box them up for the summer
doing a HUGE amount of daily dish washing...... (someone PLEASE tell me WHERE on earth it all comes from?????????????????? there are only TWO OF US)

and drawing
and doing the studio

have you all noticed that the list doesn't include my main garden
i am heart broken
but maybe my wonderful and beloved sister in law will help me?

the salad garden on the deck is ok though thank goodness

oh shhhhhhhhhhhh can you all keep a secret???
i bid on and won a used set of rapidographs
as i can't find mine
the koh-i-noor ones
set of 7
for less then the close out price retail for a set of three
they are used, did i mention that?
i have to clean them
but that's ok as i am used to cleaning technical pens

yesterday afternoon, as a break from the endless dishes/laundry/cleaning

i took my girls out for a bath
three duckies in the pond
they didn't like the pond under the apple trees for some reason

"but MOM, we want the BLUE pond on the driveway''

and so since they were filthy again, and i don't LIKE filthy duckies
i filled the BLUE pond on the driveway and the duckies bathed

imagine having to either force a duck to bath
or
to bath the silly thing yourself

and how many times i have stuck duckies in the basement slop sink and washed them
i can't tell you

oye
meanwhile the countdown is on for the new ducklings to hatch
they are all sold however
the second they hatch
that was the condition of setting this one up to nest


so that's my little world today
in a few minutes duckies will go out
i will get my day started
(drinking the last of the coffee now)

and please everyone
if you all have ANY ideas on how to organize and effectively store my art/craft supplies
PLEASE let me know
i am going out of my mind here

because of the woodstove things get dusty fast
so i need dust free
and i need to see it all
cause for me out of sight literally means it doesn't exhist

oye

HELP!!!!!!!!!!

vi