Guess what?
Chicken butts!
(That makes me laugh Every. Single. Time.)
Here you see the backsides of two of my chickens fluffed up inside their nest boxes. Ada, on the left, is a Blue Copper Marans; she’s inquisitive, and she’s named after Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer. Marie, on the right, is a Black Copper Marans; she’s curious, and she’s named after Marie Curie, the physicist and chemist who worked on radioactivity. Right now, Ada and Marie are broody; this means all they want to do is sit on eggs. (For more about broodiness, see this fabulous HenCam post, including a picture of broody Buff Orpington Topaz masquerading as Henzilla! I love her chicken photography.)
These days, I have been:
- Trying to sneak the eggs out from under Marie and Ada before they go bad
- Sniffling and sneezing with seasonal allergies (need more spicy food to clear these sinuses out!)
- Reading lots (Freakling by Lana Krumwiede, Of Giants and Ice by Shelby Bach, Poison by Bridget Zinn, The Archived by Victoria Schwab, The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors, Archer’s Goon by Diana Wynne Jones, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder)
- Traveling to Madison, WI for WisCon, and getting to spend time with wonderful writers like Caroline Stevermer and E. M. Kokie
- Attempting to eat my weight in Thai Iced Tea popsicles (it’s been above 70 F in Seattle — stifling!)