chickens in the snow.... or not.

We had our first snowfall yesterday. 

A surprise to all, we were expecting rain with nary a cloud in the sky at bedtime.

Since the chickens were hatched in June, this is their first snowfall too!

 They were not impressed.

They didn't venture into the run all day until the snow on the edges melted.

 There was a bit of hanging out in here.

I was pleasantly surprised with an extra egg yesterday! 

And a speckled one at that. 

BUT...

 Novice chicken farmer lesson #1...

Don't put the eggs in your pocket.

The new shell was soft. The other egg layer has nice thick shells now.

Fresh eggs are great. When you put them in the pan, they make a little hill. The whites don't run. 

The yolks are nice and orange.

This picture is going out to you Jen, my Toronto neighbour. Are we back on yet?  HAR HAR

(sorry, inside joke over dark and stormys. or is the stormies? Who cares after 2?)

 I couldn't resist this basket today. 

40% off the red tag sale price.

Doesn't matter that it is a candle holder, I'll use the glass part for something else.

 Right now, it's the perfect holder for my eggs.

Do you see three in there?

Yep, one warm one this morning and 2 more before lunch! 

I can't see a chicken laying more than 1 egg a day... 

so the math says... 

3 egg layers! 

Yippeeeeee.

It will soon be time to have breakfast for supper.

And my rooster hook has a purpose too.

thanks Braggie.

Have a good one,

Amanda

craft show bonanza!

umm, hello.... 

is anybody out there?

When the blog is quiet, life is not.

Last week, i got to return to my old neighbourhood in Toronto.

What a great whirlwind visit, despite a raging cold I got whilst there.

So glad to see everyone and to do all that was on my list.

Thanks to all.

So this week, I did two craft shows with my co-hort.. Barb.

The table on the left holds my woolen bits

 On the right, from the Glass Gallery 138

 My sweater shopping in Toronto did not disappoint.

 But can I just ask, "where are all the stripped sweaters?" 

Guess they weren't trendy last year. People haven't shrunk them yet.:}

This basket of mittens is only the outers. I still had linings to make at this point. It was Friday. A day where the kids had no school and 2 craft fairs on the weekend kind of day. STRESS.

Don't they look purdy? But now, they're all gone! Save for about 3 pairs uncompleted.

Thanks to those who bought. Enjoy. I enjoy seeing my mittens about town on other people's hands. :}

hmm, let's see. in the glass world...

Was inspired by some new white glass and happy coloured glass.

the cut glass, she go in...

 And then she come out....

all nice and smooth.

Notice the little blobby bits in the corners. Now scroll back up and see how they started out.

you're back.

Isn't that the coolest thing! 

 Glass cut into pieces willy nilly with tile cutters come out as cute blobs.

I used previous blobs as the centres of the square tiles.

Well, that's seems like enough tales today.

Stay tuned tomorrow...

A full review of the chicken's first experience with SNOW!

Oh, and it seems we now have 2 egg layers. :}

Have a good one.

Amanda

Proud mama

This is my girl just over a year ago.

It was around this time that she decided to grow her hair so that she could donate it to Locks of Love.

I don't know where she heard of it or what made her think of doing it herself, but she did. 

All on her own.

This was my girl last Friday.

She did it!

Locks of Love calls for 10 inches. It was a bit of a great decision to make. To cut it for 10 inches would mean it would be to her chin. Too short for our comfort. 

And we couldn't let it grow another two inches.

 It was getting dreadfully difficult to manage. 

I had read that they accept 8 inches and sell it to other companies as revenue. Which they need.

Hey, that sounded like a good deed to us. So we went for the 8 inches.

It looks longer in the picture above, but as we thought with her previously curly hair, it shrunk up a bit and rests on her shoulders now.

Along the journey of hair growing, her babysitter decided that she would join the road to good deeds too. They booked the appointment together and supported each other for this big event.

The sitter donated 11 inches! 

So proud of both of them and love that they did it together.

Warms the heart.

Thanks for that.

And now, I must show you the obligatory Halloween pictures for my record keeping..

Dorothy (the day before the big haircut)

and Cool Dude.

 Best part.. I didn't have to make anything.

 And they didn't mind about that.

Yes, the weather was mild enough to go out like this for the evening. 

In fact, I think it actually warmed up.

 We met up with friends and had a magical evening. (after this mama badly transitioned from a quiet house to the running around of excited children. A little stressed out. But came round soon enough)

To quote Rafael,

"That was the best Halloween I ever had in my whole life!"

Hope yours was swell.

Amanda