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We are all emotionally exhausted here from mortal Rat Combat so will be taking a brief interlude before getting into the Rat War Continues sort of posting. A break from chicken photos even! Above, see calm duck at Green Lake. … Continue reading →

It is butt-cold out here and foggy but Jason managed to find Da Egg.

People have asked, what stage of the pandemic is it for you? It’s chicken invasion phase!!!

Well it was a strange year with much chicken and insularity (and occasional forays of The Rat War into our quiet existence). The babies have grown into their own sort of feathery boats, sitting and plumping in the dust for … Continue reading →

Jason was worried about her because he feared a bad molt but she was found inside the coop. She had been sluggish due to losing feather so Jason tenderly put her in the coop. But the next morning she was … Continue reading →

Well the best of chicken lives have to come to an end, and our dearly departed Backup Chicken had a great run at EIGHT WHOLE YEARS! She died in the carrier – we think of heart failure – on the … Continue reading →

Hmmm we had not realized this before, with all the distractions of this spring but… it is in fact, according to Chinese tradition,  THE YEAR OF THE RAT. I am fortunate that I receive annual postcards from Seattle’s amazing poet … Continue reading →