Two visits this weekend I wasn’t expecting: animal and machine. Let’s start with the four-legged variety first. I’ll say this wasn’t totally unexpected. I know our chicken yard is enticing to all sorts of semi-wild animals in the neighborhood. If I…
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Posted in Gardening, San Diego Tagged with: airplanes, chickens, eggs, ford trimotor, indiana jones, possum, vintage airplanes
Why Yes, That is a “Huevo”
Five points for the first reader who can place that quote. Now then, where was I? Yes, we were talking about chickens some days ago and how we’d yet to see an egg. This weekend we got one, precious as…
The Great Chicken Adventure
First there was one chicken, Ducky. She was given to us by a friend who’s chickens were pecking poor Ducky to bits while she molted and recovered from a possum bite. The life of a chicken isn’t kind, my friends.…
Posted in Gardening Tagged with: americauna, backyard chickens, CH, chickens, coop, eggs, hens, laying eggs, scratch
Eat Simply, Eat Well
I am not the well-organized person who plans out a week of meals and the necessary ingredients—my wife does that. And good thing too, since we get to try new things and old favorites. This week the highlight was salade…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: cats, eggs, food, green beans, napoleon, olives, potatoes, salad, salade nicoise
Easter Braid
Sometimes Uncle F%#k-Up does something right. For Easter I was tasked with making a pretty bread. Since I am King Pretty I thought this would be a snap. Then my wife gave me a Martha Stewart recipe that showed…
Easter 2011
As you age you forget the simple joys of Easter: the Easter bunny, baskets of goodies, egg hunts, and frilly dresses. That last one I really miss, as a young lad I had many crinoline and taffeta Easter get-ups. No,…
Eggs
It doesn’t get much more local and sustainable than this. Sunday morning we went to pick up our eggs and meet the ladies who provide them. Toddler Harbat enjoyed meeting the ladies. Picture 1158 Picture 1156 I know the…
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