Random Thoughts; and think I would like Chickens.

The new computer is great, no problems here, but would you believe.................as soon as  I downloaded all the photographs from my camera......the camera died!!!!
Looks like I am camera-less for a while unless I get it fixed because, having just paid out on a computer, I don't think I'll be paying out on a new camera for a while.
I loved my camera...........a Fujifilm finePix S5000, a very much appreciated gift from a friend.
Even with a new efficient computer I don't seem to have the time to spend here the way I used too, there always seems so much to do. I am organising a whole school 'Green Awareness Day' at the school which is very time demanding, I've also bought lots of bulbs and wild flowers for the pupils to plant. The wild flower patch at the top of my garden is beginning to look good. For the first time I have a thick patch of forget-me-nots growing in the corner under the old apple tree. There are wild, old fashioned primroses behind the composter and bluebells poking up through the periwinkle. Oh how I wish I could go photo it all for you  .....SIGHHHHH
I have managed to cut the hedge to a level I think will be easier to maintain and I'm hoping this will help it to grow thicker and encourage the birds to nest.
Now.............I don't know a lot about bumble bees but I seem to have a resident one in my garden (are they Territorial??) Every time I go out there I hear the low steady drone of a pot bellied, fat little bumble bee, and then I always see him in the same area of the garden. Actually I always thinking of 'him' as 'him', but in reality this could be me seeing lots of different bumble bees every time I go out...........SO...........ARE they territorial? is this the same one I keep seeing??

The chicken at the top is a Scotts Grey, Apparently an old Scottish breed and particularly suitable for this climate. I love her..........she is so cute...........just wish I could keep her but I'm still not at all sure my garden is big enough.
And now...............since I don't have lots of pictures to show you, I'm off to do a bit of an 'Art' blog...........this has been a while in coming and I'm really looking forward to it.

GOODBYE CHICKEN TUESDAY

GOODBYE CHICKEN TUESDAY

This one is so cute…………potted history of chickens for kids, complete with a video of chucks being fed

 
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/economy/chicken.htm

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I thought this one was a joke….. a place called Chicken!!

 
http://www.chickenalaska.com/chicken/index.html

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 A Chicken Joke all about chicken sandwiches

 

This story was passed on to me by email. I think you will enjoy it.   Don't eat chicken sandwiches, no matter what..... A little boy and a little girl attended the same school and became friends. Every day they would sit together to eat their lunch. They discovered that they both brought chicken sandwiches every day! This went on all through the fourth and fifth grades, until one day he noticed that her sandwich wasn't a chicken sandwich. He said, 'Hey, how come you're not eating chicken, don't you like it anymore?' She said 'I love it but I have to stop eating it.' 'Why?' he asked. She pointed to her lap and said 'Cause I'm starting to grow little feathers down there!' 'Let me see' he said. 'Okay' and she pulled up her skirt. He looked and said, 'That's right. You are! Better not eat any more chicken.' He kept eating his chicken sandwiches until one day he brought peanut butter. He said to the little girl, 'I have to stop eating chicken sandwiches, I'm starting to get feathers down there too!' She asked if she could look, so he pulled down his pants for her. She said 'Oh, my God, it's too late for you! You've already got the neck and the gizzards!!!

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http://world.std.com/~kcl/chickencoop.html

 
Chicken web site, this you must see, chicken coops with all mod cons; ‘’There are two coops with a small workroom in between.  Each coop has two windows on this side and the openings below will be for the dropping pit doors’’.

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How to live with chickens in your house;

 

 

A very old and much beloved Rooster;

AND THE GRAND FANALI  

living with chickens

Bits of this and bits of that, things any chicken lover would welcome into their homes.

A TRIBUTE TO CHICKEN TUESDAYS.............goodbye and farewell.

I never participated in chicken Tuesdays but now I hear it's reaching the end..............a sad day like this need commemorating in some way. So all you chicken lovers, feast your eyes on this perfect parade of your feathered friends in their final flight.