PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: This is Scary and Lighter Side

Monday, September 25, 2017

This is Scary and Lighter Side

I found this on AL.com

"I think Donald Trump is a wise man and he knows what he is doing," said Chestang. "We trust the Lord. It's all about God and our country and each and every individual's souls being saved."

This is from his trip to Huntsville, AL, just north of me.

Trump is trying to save our souls? Really? I'm scared.

On the lighter side: I miss Dominique! I was going to save the apple core, a gristle bit, a bit of bread crust, just anything edible. All these would go to Dominique. I decided to come home to feed her. No, she is not here, so I cannot save anything for her. There is no need to rush home before it rains.

Every time a chicken departs, I miss it. However, there has always been another chicken to feed. This time, there is nothing. I will need to reject all scraps at the lunches. Everything here just goes into the trash now. I feel like there is an empty spot in my heart.

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CheapchickSeptember 25, 2017 at 4:22 PM
Chickens are pretty peaceful animals...and great garburators. People need to separate God and that Orange Man as the two are opposite sides of the spectrum. This is where the sheep part come in...and then they leap off their cliff following someone who is a complete idiot
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tana50September 25, 2017 at 8:21 PM
It's so hard when our pets leave. Dominque was like a pet. She will be happy in her new home, but I am sure she is missing you!
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MamaHenSeptember 25, 2017 at 9:58 PM
I know you miss Dominique but if it helps any she is doing really great. I kept her separate for a while but she wanted to be in with the other girls so badly it broke my heart and I went ahead and let her in with the group. She's done great! A couple of my older hens tried to peck on her but she kicked their butt and put them in their place! I laughed. She doesn't let anyone push her around. She has caught on really quick when I let her out with the others to free-range too. She found the door to my art studio where I hand out treats and the other hens hang out there too. She made friends with a couple of the Red Stars and they have been showing her the ropes. I think she's been a little overwhelmed at some of it cuz I'd catch her just standing and staring at everything, looking all around, but she's getting used to stuff well and no one tried picking on her anymore.
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LindaSeptember 25, 2017 at 10:40 PM
Anne,
Yes!
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yellowdoggrannyOctober 2, 2017 at 10:27 PM
i'd rather the chicken stayed and donald departed
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Okay, hoping the annoyances have gone away.

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Fancy is my favorite hen. She is one of the three youngest hens I adopted. Because she is so gentle and friendly, she may be the one I rescued when she was being pecked to death after she could no longer stand. She got to live in the house in a box. Sometimes, I let her sit in my lap while she was convalescing. Now, she comes to sit in the swing with me, cuddling up to my body like a cat or dog. She died in February 2012.

Fancy follows me begging, complaining, needing me to do for her. She talks to me in various voices. She allows me to pick her up and carry her. When she became an adult, her head was a darker red and her body was light brown. Around her neck were tips of black feathers. It appeared she had a necklace of jet around her neck. When I showed this characteristic to a friend, he said, "Oh, you have fancy chickens and plain chickens."

Chessie has a broken toe. I broke it! She had a habit of jumping really high and almost sticking. A raccoon ate her in October 2009.

Thelma is the blonde. She is also the largest hen and the alpha hen. I suspect the gigantic eggs are from her. She often squats and presents herself to me. She is top hen, but I suspect she knows she had better be deferent to top feeder of the flock--me.

Louise is the auburn-feathered hen. She looks like the true Rhode Island Reds in pictures. She is almost as large as Thelma. Some days I suspect she is trying to be top chicken. When I got Pepper, I found out Louise is the Alpha hen.

Pepper came here from the same home as the first four. We were discussing putting red pepper on their food, wondering if it really would increase egg production. Pepper is the only name we agreed on. She is terrorized each day by Louise. Even after the worst was over, she was and is still filled with terror and very wary.

Linda is owned by four hens. They allow her to fetch for them. She loves them dearly, so she allows them to boss her around. Linda comes out in the rain to perform chores for them and make sure they have food and water. She begs scraps from all sorts of places to make sure they have fresh fruits and vegetables.

Parsimony is not a vegetable

Parsimony is extreme care in spending money. Stick around and learn about my random thoughts on accomplishing goals economically--dumpster diving aka safari, gleaning, do-it-yourself, sewing tips, recipes, and whatever is happening in my life.

Okay so maybe "parsimony" is not your thing. How about thrift, frugality or just plain saving money? I try not to go the tightwad route as that seems to imply others will suffer from my habits.

Some of my not-spending habits have very much been a part of my lifelong habits. Other habits are newly acquired and are an extension of my lifelong not-spending habits.

I am very imaginative when it comes to substituting or making instead of buying. I will tell you about making a heater for the chickens' water. Not one dime was spent since I had everything I needed right in my basement.

Practicality must rear its head alongside parsimony. For example, I will use the dryer in bad weather or because of allergies in the spring. But, I will not wash clothes in a tub as long as I have a washing machine or can find one.

You may hear more about my four Rhode Island Red hens than you care to hear. They lay delicious brown eggs.

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Monday, September 25, 2017

This is Scary and Lighter Side

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