Tag: hens
member name: Mary H.
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September 07, 2008 11:46 PM EDT --
It's dark out and the chickens are in bed. The ducks go in on their own now, and sleep in the chicken coop, but they intimidate the chickens, who roost up on the roof, and I have to go out and catch . . .
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October 06, 2008 12:52 AM EDT --
In Autumn more than any other time I'm keenly aware of how quickly the seasons pass. Maybe because I can look back over the summer and see all of the berries I didn't pick, all of the chores left . . .
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August 27, 2009 11:48 PM EDT --
It is the season of the yellow butterflies, when early mornings are chilly, but by noon we're looking for a shade tree. The butterflies gather at the edges of puddles and then dance in tumbling . . .
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September 21, 2008 10:20 PM EDT --
I always feel romantic at the corners of the year. I think it is something about standing on the threshold--any threshold. Here we are at the edge of autumn. It's not here yet, but we know it's . . .
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September 29, 2008 12:31 AM EDT --
It is the season of the yellow butterflies and the tiny, biting gnats. I don't know if they are really gnats, but they are the size of a large fleck of pepper and have a silver triangle on their heads. . . .
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October 13, 2008 12:46 AM EDT --
The days are getting shorter, and the combines are waking from hibernation. They're like elephants, or dinosaurs, aren't they? Slowly grazing across the fields, devouring the browns and russets . . .
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April 03, 2009 11:19 AM EDT --
Birdland is fresh with spring green and sprouts. Tiny, dicots polka dot the worn spots in the yard, and I wonder what kinds of weeds I might be pulling in the next few weeks. My seeds arrive d in the . . .
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April 10, 2009 10:11 AM EDT --
Birdland is damp and overcast today, and the ducks are happy. They wandered off somewhere this morning and I was just sure that they were gone—carried away by a sneaky predat or or lured away by a handsome . . .
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May 25, 2009 08:54 AM EDT --
Abundant rain and a broken lawn mower make Birdland a lush place. The red peonies are blooming an d they’re so beautiful it almost hurts to look at them. I haven’t seen my first frog yet, . . .
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July 03, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
In Birdland the Black-Eyed-Susans are still blooming, and the Jerusalem artichokes are budding. Another yellow flower (one that looks so much like ragweed when it comes up that I used to pull it all . . .
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July 24, 2009 12:03 PM EDT --
In Birdland the sunflowers I planted around the garden coop have grown strong stalks to carry their faces up over the roof of the coop to greet the morning sun. They clear the coop, but are still in the . . .
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August 21, 2009 01:22 PM EDT --
School has started, bringing a whole new set of rhythms that reminds us that Fall is on its way. Bedtimes and breakfast are earlier, and we settle into a schedule of making lunches, doing homework, and . . .
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October 22, 2009 12:52 PM EDT --
It has warmed up some in Birdland, and dried out enough for the harvest to begin. The corn is the color of my dog, Isis, but it's the beans they're cutting now, all day and into the evening, the headlights . . .
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September 01, 2008 10:44 PM EDT --
This week I wanted to send a card to my sister who will be home soon from driving her oldest out to the East Coast for school. I know this is hard for her, and I want to write and tell her what a good . . .
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October 19, 2008 08:04 PM EDT --
Part I
The corn is now the color of Ms. Tawny Hen, the beans a little browner than Pepper’s saddle. The day is chilly and dark at both ends, but still nicely warm in the middle. Remember those . . .
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November 01, 2008 10:12 PM EDT --
Time seems to speed up for me on the edge of any season. So much going on! Halloween came so fast that L.S. and I made his costume the night before. It was a good thing that this year's costume didn't . . .
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March 20, 2009 12:21 PM EDT --
Birdland is three daffodils and a bouquet of crocuses closer to Spring. The new chicks arrived safely on Monday and are doing well in the temporary brooder in the aviary. I walk around the yard and survey . . .
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April 17, 2009 11:17 AM EDT --
Birdland has been in a state of suspended anticipation for a while. The asparagus is shy this year. Though I search for shoots, I don't even find the tiny, new ones hidden in the grass. The peonies . . .
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May 22, 2009 09:20 AM EDT --
Does your town or neighborhood have a small, local paper? It could be a daily paper or a small town weekly. Do you think your community would enjoy reading Letters from Birdland?
Why not write or call . . .
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November 28, 2008 10:47 PM EST --
We had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend, and not just because of the kids' visits--Chandra for dinner, Dylan for most of a week; the weather was also lovely. It has warmed up and the little pond has . . .
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