Animals
- International Box Day
MAGGY (Zoolatry) & ROMEO (Peggy's Place) officially declare Friday, June 19, 2009 INTERNATIONAL BOX DAY I, Charybdis, am doing my part to further the cause. Can tomorrow be International Box Day too???? I really like it here. Mommy since I...
- How Condescending
In the Clarion Ledger Homeschooling: Some Regulation Required this drivel appeared Verifiable academic standards should be an issue. The question usually asked, after resolving issues of academics, regards socialization. Can home-schooled children cope...
- Bad Breaks (bad Brakes)
If you have ever had the opportunity to watch a baby bird hatching from its egg,you will agree with me that it is rather miraculous that we have any birds on this earthat all! Peck, peck, peck...they work so very hard with their little beaks...which...
- Turkey Trivia
Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner,I though I would share some trivia and observationsI have made raising turkeys. Oh, and by the way, we are NOT eating our turkeysfor Thanksgiving.They have gobbled their way into our hearts and we are...
- Apple Harvest
It's that time of year again!The days are warm, the nights are cool.The leaves are beginning to turn to shades of yellow and crimson.And with this time comes apple harvest. I headed to the orchard yesterday in search of apples for a very special dessert.A...
Animals
Peggy With A "P"
Those of you who have read my blog for a while
know that I have a penchant for naming "all" of our animals.
While I don't actually name all of our chickens - we have way too many -
I do name the noteworthy ones....
You know, the ones who are dear to my heart, or perhaps are showy,
or maybe the ones who act like divas...etc.
So, today I would like to introduce you to Peggy.
That's Peggy P.
I could have gone with Peggy Sue, or Peggy Lee, or another sweet
Peggy name.
But no, Peggy P. fits this one!
You see, ole Peggy, here, sits on her nest everyday waiting for my arrival.
It might be 2 or 3 or 4 PM til I get to collecting eggs,
but there she is....a-waitin'!
And each day as I reach my hand beneath her fluff to search for eggs,
she dives, beak first onto the skin on the back of my hand or wrist.
Now, a peck is no big deal.
But what Peggy dishes out is a prolonged pinching peck,
with a twist of the beak designed to rip said skin from one's skeleton.
She yanks and twists and
those beady little eyes of hers stare a hole right through to your soul!
Yeeeeee-ouch!
(I usually remember gloves....yesterday I forgot.)
Yep, that's Peggy.
Peggy Peckerhead to you!
And now you've been pecked too!!
- International Box Day
MAGGY (Zoolatry) & ROMEO (Peggy's Place) officially declare Friday, June 19, 2009 INTERNATIONAL BOX DAY I, Charybdis, am doing my part to further the cause. Can tomorrow be International Box Day too???? I really like it here. Mommy since I...
- How Condescending
In the Clarion Ledger Homeschooling: Some Regulation Required this drivel appeared Verifiable academic standards should be an issue. The question usually asked, after resolving issues of academics, regards socialization. Can home-schooled children cope...
- Bad Breaks (bad Brakes)
If you have ever had the opportunity to watch a baby bird hatching from its egg,you will agree with me that it is rather miraculous that we have any birds on this earthat all! Peck, peck, peck...they work so very hard with their little beaks...which...
- Turkey Trivia
Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner,I though I would share some trivia and observationsI have made raising turkeys. Oh, and by the way, we are NOT eating our turkeysfor Thanksgiving.They have gobbled their way into our hearts and we are...
- Apple Harvest
It's that time of year again!The days are warm, the nights are cool.The leaves are beginning to turn to shades of yellow and crimson.And with this time comes apple harvest. I headed to the orchard yesterday in search of apples for a very special dessert.A...