Lovely reflections. Are birthday wishes appropriate? I guess so, so
Happy Birthday @ManueB
Happy Birthday @ManueB
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What a lovely post (and thank you for book recommendations - always on the look out for a good read).Bye 44, can't say I'll miss you.
-worse chicken event : Vanille and Caramel's death a week apart
-best chicken event : watching Chipie hatch and raise chicks .
-best life event : going twice for several days mountain hiking with my partner.
-worse life event : lots of small evil stuff 1. the nine months drought 2. experiencing anaphylactic chock from a hornet sting. 2. ex-aequo: setting fire to the chimney. Oh, and maybe also my partner's mother almost dying and spending two months hospitalized from smoking.
-Books I enjoyed the most : the poppy war trilogy (R.F. Kuang) and Bewilderment (R.Powers). I read quite a few good books, some were maybe better but didn't touch me in the same way, and a lot, lot of very bad books (cheap fantasy).
-Films I enjoyed the most : didn't watch many as it's requiring me too much concentration now. Maybe Nomadland and Once upon a time in Hollywood.
The chicken lesson I valued the most : this quote from the Instagram account alltheprettychickens (aka Beazy farms, a small animal rescue).
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It wasn't a good year, in the three years that we lived here it was the first one that wasn't all rainbow and fluff. In my case it had more to do with being stressed out by an accumulation of small problems rather than dealing with something horrible. I'm sorry things were hard for you and also hope they get better!It sounds like a good year for you. My past year has been awful. I am only hoping the next one will be slightly better.
I need to read books.
It sounds like a trying day for you too; chickens can be horrid to each other. And I understand your comments about the year. One damn thing after another can grind me down too. I have a couple of fridge magnets that help me and may help you: 'Never, never, never give up', and 'Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts' (both Churchill). And I recall that I wouldn't recognize the good times if there were no bad times. It's like life and death; two sides of the same coin.Than you all .
It wasn't a good year, in the three years that we lived here it was the first one that wasn't all rainbow and fluff. In my case it had more to do with being stressed out by an accumulation of small problems rather than dealing with something horrible. I'm sorry things were hard for you and also hope they get better!
I've always loved reading, but when I'm feeling depressed I tend to pick lighter pageturner books and that can often mean crappy books. It replaces rubbish tv for me.
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My chickens didn't know it was my birthday and they had a horrible day. First a hawk landed by them early morning when I was cleaning out poop in the chicken yard a few meters away and that rightly scared them. Then I left for a two hours run and when I came back Théo was trying to get at Gaston who was running away screaming. He won't stand him anymore and it is the same though less worse with the others younger chickens.
In the evening he was tidbitting like mad in the garden outside, where the ex -batts can't go. Chipie just ignored him so after a while Léa very tentatively walked up to him. When she reached he attacked her pretty bad without warning.
I don't think he's aiming to really hurt, but to drive them away. However I'm afraid this means common housing won't be possible in a near future.
What a wonderful thing to do. I have never thought to review a year like this before. Strange. It makes a lot of sense to take stock like this. Here's hoping there is much more good than bad in the upcoming year.Bye 44, can't say I'll miss you.
-worse chicken event : Vanille and Caramel's death a week apart
-best chicken event : watching Chipie hatch and raise chicks .
-best life event : going twice for several days mountain hiking with my partner.
-worse life event : lots of small evil stuff 1. the nine months drought 2. experiencing anaphylactic chock from a hornet sting. 2. ex-aequo: setting fire to the chimney. Oh, and maybe also my partner's mother almost dying and spending two months hospitalized from smoking.
-Books I enjoyed the most : the poppy war trilogy (R.F. Kuang) and Bewilderment (R.Powers). I read quite a few good books, some were maybe better but didn't touch me in the same way, and a lot, lot of very bad books (cheap fantasy).
-Films I enjoyed the most : didn't watch many as it's requiring me too much concentration now. Maybe Nomadland and Once upon a time in Hollywood.
The chicken lesson I valued the most : this quote from the Instagram account alltheprettychickens (aka Beazy farms, a small animal rescue).
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If I look at the bigger picture I really have nothing to complain about ! I was given a very good hand of cards from the beginning, and every mistake I have made turned out for the better. I have been and still am extremely lucky, and being able to live in a place like here and quit work is a chance many people I know dream of. I just need to kick my butt for focusing on small bad things !And I recall that I wouldn't recognize the good times if there were no bad times. It's like life and death; two sides of the same coin.
Thank you, it was only yesterday so you're still very much in time- I will celebrate with my family in three weeks only, we're quite tolerant about those things .What a wonderful thing to do. I have never thought to review a year like this before. Strange. It makes a lot of sense to take stock like this. Here's hoping there is much more good than bad in the upcoming year.
And Happy Birthday whenever it was!