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Very restful day today. I slept late, pattered around in my brand new slippers for some time before I dressed to go pick up some smokes at the little gas station & market just up the highway from me. Once I was out, I decided to take a Sunday drive. Drove to the street where John has told me he has two customers, specifically to see an exterior staircase he built. Oh MY! Almost wish I had a second story at my house to have such a beautiful piece of construction work on MY property! Drove further down that street to the customer's property with a pond and ducks. Didn't look for construction work, just watched the ducks on the pond and smiled for a while, then headed back out to the highway.
Meandered to the Bella Piazza Winery where I have a Wine Club membership, picked up my February wine offerings: a bottle of the winery's 2008 Bella Rosso and a bottle of 2008 Cabernet Franc. Stopped at the Amador Flower Farms & Nursery to look for stuff. Plants, fruit trees, and garden thingies. Not quite ready to spend over $350 for a huge, scrap metal rooster, or $199 for the adorable scrap metal cow. But I did get another Geeky Bird figurine and a hand-made, fired & glazed tile of a rooster and hen. Plus a bag of magnetic rocks to keep me entertained when I don't want to use my brain. But I have identified some fruit trees and climbing vines for later planting. Signed up for the monthly e-mail newsletter (with sales not advertised elsewhere) AND earned some punches through a discount card for registering for the e-newsletter.
On the way there, I'd gotten sad at seeing what I thought was a dead sheep laying in the pasture some distance away from the grazing sheep. Looked with that "I can't not look" dread to see it again on my pass back by the pasture. Whew! It was merely a no-longer-sleeping LGD. Wow. That dog - even standing! - looks so much like the sheep it guards!
Once home, I treated the flock to the contents of a carton of old fashioned rolled oatmeal. It's one of the best times to hand feed those which will dare to get that close to the most senior hens. (The senior hens hog my hands, so I toss lots more out onto the ground for everybody to enjoy it.)
Called a fellow who had left two messages on my answering machine about the bantam roosters. I do believe he's going to be the "winner" and get all but two of the bantam boys listed on the "Must Re-home" flyer. HH and FL took one of the Cardigans and I've decided I cannot yet divest myself of Nugget. I just can't. He is SUCH a good little roo!
This guy moved up this way about the same time as I did. He also has a cell phone with the same Area Code as mine; he previously lived in San Lorenzo Valley (Santa Cruz County) and now lives fairly close to me, on Slug Gulch Road. (Great road name, huh?!?) He has a little over 4 acres, currently boards a few horses there, wants to set up a Community Garden on some of his property, and is in the middle of securing the coop already on the property. We will make arrangements next weekend. He is super jazzed about bantams - and particularly George and Alex. Nobody close enough to be bothered by their crowing. George actually crowed right next to me whilst I was talking on the phone about him. I'll add a couple of Cinnamon Queens and a smallish Delawegger to the deal when we consummate it. And I will get visiting rights!!!
I was slicing some Yukon Gold potatoes to make potato chips in my microwave, earlier. Neglected to utilize the "protective" holder which prevents injury on the mandolin blade. Yup, sliced a section of the right side of my right thumb right off. Swore some. Bled a LOT. I am right-handed. It was very difficult to open the tube of Neosporin, open band aid coverings and apply the band-aids to the section where I had so niftily lopped off a bit of my thumb. Plus I'm noticing that spot is exactly where I press the space bar when typing. Ow. Ow some more. Eww, need another band-aid. I do believe I deserve to spoon some comfort out of a tub of Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate frosting.
But the potato chips were great! I used this item to make them: www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx?view=2&app=detail¶ms=item^K35527 No oil used (or salt) and they were crunchy and ready in six minutes. I used both levels of the whatchamacallit, twice, and still had a small end of the potato to pop raw into my mouth. I'd picked up the Yukon Gold potatoes specifically for this treat, the last time I picked up grocery items. I might not have anything in my kitchen that SOME PEOPLE think could be used to make a full meal, but I gots nummies and nummy-MAKING equipment.
Meandered to the Bella Piazza Winery where I have a Wine Club membership, picked up my February wine offerings: a bottle of the winery's 2008 Bella Rosso and a bottle of 2008 Cabernet Franc. Stopped at the Amador Flower Farms & Nursery to look for stuff. Plants, fruit trees, and garden thingies. Not quite ready to spend over $350 for a huge, scrap metal rooster, or $199 for the adorable scrap metal cow. But I did get another Geeky Bird figurine and a hand-made, fired & glazed tile of a rooster and hen. Plus a bag of magnetic rocks to keep me entertained when I don't want to use my brain. But I have identified some fruit trees and climbing vines for later planting. Signed up for the monthly e-mail newsletter (with sales not advertised elsewhere) AND earned some punches through a discount card for registering for the e-newsletter.
On the way there, I'd gotten sad at seeing what I thought was a dead sheep laying in the pasture some distance away from the grazing sheep. Looked with that "I can't not look" dread to see it again on my pass back by the pasture. Whew! It was merely a no-longer-sleeping LGD. Wow. That dog - even standing! - looks so much like the sheep it guards!
Once home, I treated the flock to the contents of a carton of old fashioned rolled oatmeal. It's one of the best times to hand feed those which will dare to get that close to the most senior hens. (The senior hens hog my hands, so I toss lots more out onto the ground for everybody to enjoy it.)
Called a fellow who had left two messages on my answering machine about the bantam roosters. I do believe he's going to be the "winner" and get all but two of the bantam boys listed on the "Must Re-home" flyer. HH and FL took one of the Cardigans and I've decided I cannot yet divest myself of Nugget. I just can't. He is SUCH a good little roo!
This guy moved up this way about the same time as I did. He also has a cell phone with the same Area Code as mine; he previously lived in San Lorenzo Valley (Santa Cruz County) and now lives fairly close to me, on Slug Gulch Road. (Great road name, huh?!?) He has a little over 4 acres, currently boards a few horses there, wants to set up a Community Garden on some of his property, and is in the middle of securing the coop already on the property. We will make arrangements next weekend. He is super jazzed about bantams - and particularly George and Alex. Nobody close enough to be bothered by their crowing. George actually crowed right next to me whilst I was talking on the phone about him. I'll add a couple of Cinnamon Queens and a smallish Delawegger to the deal when we consummate it. And I will get visiting rights!!!
I was slicing some Yukon Gold potatoes to make potato chips in my microwave, earlier. Neglected to utilize the "protective" holder which prevents injury on the mandolin blade. Yup, sliced a section of the right side of my right thumb right off. Swore some. Bled a LOT. I am right-handed. It was very difficult to open the tube of Neosporin, open band aid coverings and apply the band-aids to the section where I had so niftily lopped off a bit of my thumb. Plus I'm noticing that spot is exactly where I press the space bar when typing. Ow. Ow some more. Eww, need another band-aid. I do believe I deserve to spoon some comfort out of a tub of Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate frosting.
But the potato chips were great! I used this item to make them: www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx?view=2&app=detail¶ms=item^K35527 No oil used (or salt) and they were crunchy and ready in six minutes. I used both levels of the whatchamacallit, twice, and still had a small end of the potato to pop raw into my mouth. I'd picked up the Yukon Gold potatoes specifically for this treat, the last time I picked up grocery items. I might not have anything in my kitchen that SOME PEOPLE think could be used to make a full meal, but I gots nummies and nummy-MAKING equipment.
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