Much more interesting stuff to write about, now...

[msfledermaus]

...Okay, it's mostly about chickens.

This weekend I got a chance to visit Ben the Neighbor and Petey, and they proudly showed off their new chickens. I had no idea they had so many of them! (8, I think.) Or that they were so BIG! Some of them are already laying eggs,(sometimes in the neighbor's flower garden) so we had a bit of quiche for lunch, conveniently enough. Everything's nice and legal and aboveboard--how fantastic that in the middle of the city my friends get to keep chickens...the rooster is particularly beautiful, and I think I should bring some watercolors over sometime and see if I can't get a good painting of him. It was a lovely bit of paradise, sitting on their newly finished patio and listening to the hens cluck and pick around the vegetable garden, with the sparrows fighting over the feeder and the sun all warm and bright....fabulous, maaan...just faaabulous. We all ended up staying till very late at night, when the chickens had gone to bed, with lit candles and conversations about politics and relationships. It feels so good to be able to catch up in a meaningful way like that...

I did do some non-chicken things, like go to the Farmer's Market and Big Brains, all the kind of things I love to do on a weekend. But the chickens stand out, I think:)

Comments

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

That is so cool that they can have chickens. Is the rooster well-behaved in the AM? You got the coolest friends.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

The rooster is this gorgeous japanese thing, all black and gold with these long tail feathers. He is regal, and not very loud at all:)

I think it's sooo great they can have chickens. Someday they're moving to Ben's parent's farm up in NY to make cheese. I'm gonna miss them like crazy when the finally move. I'll have to visit often and eat a great deal of cheese...