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More news from the pen
Hello this is Wally.After the last batch of posts I was starting to wonder if I was concentrating too much attention on the chicken part of our farm, but folks are always asking about our chickens so here goes. The Costa Ricana mother abandoned the last of her chicklets so we took over caring for…
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Advent in the slow-living lane…
Yesterday was the first Sunday in Advent. I love this season especially in Mexico because as the weeks approach Christmas you see the church interior blossom as in a time-delayed photography. The anticipation of Christmas builds slowly until finally on Christmas morning the altar is a full-blown manger scene with everything you can imagine including…
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Color magnet….
Sow rick-rack, get more rick-rack! A new friend, Carolina, who is a Huichol Indian made me a traditional Huichol skirt and blouse. The skirt is turquoise and the blouse is red and there are circles of rick-rack in blue, green and yellow around the skirt and blouse. It is a BIG dose of color. I…
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Zany zesty zigzag
Remember rick-rack? The trim that your mom sewed on curtains and aprons and around the hem of your little-girl dresses? Well, I’m crazy for it. I’ve been changed by living in Mexico where colorful embellishment is without restraint, in fact it is celebrated all the way to the grave where the cemeteries are filled with…
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Learning from a chick…
So many times when working in nature I stumble over something that speaks to me on a soul-level. One of the benefits of working alone is that the job at hand has your full attention and simultaneously you have your thoughts. The work shows me things and engages me and sometimes there’s a memorable conversation.…
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Happy people – happy dogs…
Today was the final day of our spay and neuter clinic. We treated 95 dogs and cats these last 4 days! That’s nearly 200 animals in 8 days. These were a few of our “clients”.
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Dog tired…
This week was extra busy because in addition to my daily farm chores I volunteered at a spay and neuter clinic for dogs and cats in San Blas. We have a problem in Mexico with too many uncared for animals on the streets so the gringo community got together to provide free veterinarian clinics. We…
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Cottonballs with legs
Hello Junko, here are more stories about chickens and such. I had a quiet day with the chickens, neglecting my other duties. I worked on finishing the baby pen. The little chicks look like black and white cotton-balls with toothpicks for legs. Short toothpicks. The babies are very curious and get into every nook and…
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The Hawk Came Back
The hawk came back It got one hen in the morning. We found the hen dead inside the coop and at first we weren’t sure what had happened. In the evening I went back to close the chickens in for the night and all the chickens were outside the coop staring at it. It reminded…
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Now Renting
I finished the new chicken house and the tenants are all moved in. If I were still a bachelor I’d be sleeping in the house with them. It’s really cozy. I also wired in some branches so they’d have more places to perch. Tomorrow I’ll put in another ladder. Some of the chickens tend to…