Keeping An Eye Out

Kristine took this photo of Morgan this afternoon. Morgan loves to hang out on the stairs because she can keep an eye on everyone and everything. There are mirrors on the wall so she can look toward the back of the house and still see the living room and outside.

It has been raining and the chickens have been locked up in their coop. Morgan went out with me when I filled the feeders and checked on the chickens and she got her paws all muddy. When Morgan comes inside her muddy paw trick is to go up to the loft and clean her feet. It is nice and warm up there and she spends some time letting them dry, and licking her pads clean.

I used to have a sweet doberman who liked to spin when he was excited. I taught him to spin on command when he came in the entry way on the floor mat. I would have him spin right and then left, back and forth, and what was happening was that he was wiping his feet on the mat. Saved me the trouble of messing with his feet and getting a bunch of towels muddy. He had a lot of fun spinning! As a puppy Morgan watched him potty and learned to lift her leg. Pretty funny!

I'm going to go back to watching White Christmas after I post this.

[3 eggs today]

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It's Raining!

The rain makes the new green leaves even brighter and I am very happy to have more rain. It would be wonderful if we could catch up to our average rainfall. Last year at this date the cdec.gov says that the Northern Sierra was at 74% of average. As of 4/30/2009 we are at 89% of the precipitation index accumulation. We are better off than last year, but we need more rain!

Since it is cold and dreary, in an effort to cheer up this room

I decided to hang up a happy chicken sun catcher.

The chain was too short to allow it to hang down in the window

so I used an old necklace to add some length.

Now all I need is some sunshine.

Morgan was out with me when I checked on the chickens.

It is nice and warm in their little coop.

But she did get wet running around in the wet leaves.

This is Morgan's drying out spot.

She can keep an eye on things and it is nice and warm

up there on the stairs.

I think it is so neat how she drapes herself over the stairs.

I got some old dark beat up chairs quite awhile ago at a garage sale

and Kristine and Holly each painted one for me.

Holly finished her chair... see the little fish.

Kristine is painting a Captain America chair

but hasn't finished it yet.

This chair makes a nice addition to the sewing room

and it reminds me of Santa Cruz and the ocean.

I painted a little old chair too in bright colors

but it needs a seat and a bit of repair.

Something else for me to finish.

I guess this could be the room where the fun chairs hang out.

I like happy things around me.

[8 eggs so far]

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