after the rain

it's been raining here too, not just texas and oklahoma
everything is very moist and very green
thankfully because the uphill neighbors were burning garbage illegally throughout the drought
it was pretty scary after having seen the big fire down at blue mountain

all is pretty quiet here otherwise, thank goodness
i'm painting (finished a russian wood spirit with foxes, and a portrait of two foxes-which we may be printing)
i was asked to go to the bird farm and paint the turkey, peacocks, roosters and pheasants there
i am hoping that i can make time by end of june
meanwhile since the weather did warm up, i am feeling a bit better so i've been able to get more done
i put by chicken freezer meals as chicken was .89 a pound
and i'll be trying to put by more meals if i can
against the days i can't

i also found out that a friend of mine from high school died.....in 2012, but i just found out yesterday, i don't know from what......but it's made me very sad to hear the news
he'd relocated about 20 years ago to the southwest.

in animal news..... mostly everyone's ok here for now.... captain cuttle wants a birdie friend so bad....and i would like to get him one this summer. he's taken to sitting at the extreme top corner of his cage so he can see me and chirp at me while i work
the lapermies are having allergy problems
it's the rain now
chickens, ducks and mrs quail are in the molt......... so are out of sorts

and this is pretty much all the news from here

til next time