Bad Eggs and Flood Dreams

Bad Eggs

In all our years of having hens I have never had a bad egg. Eggs stay good for weeks as long as they're not to hot but even in the hottest part of summer they stay good with no refrigeration for at least a full week and more. Yesterday I was making eggs for lunch and discovered several bad eggs. One was very bad and smelled terrible, several others had odd sickly looking yolks and a few more still had very dense, almost reddish yolks. The latter reminded me of the dense yolks of ducks eggs, I could cut these raw yolks and they didn't run. All but the stenchful egg went to the animals and the bad egg went into the forest. Very odd, 7 bad eggs total and we've never had even one before. It seemed like an omen from a movie or book. Back in the day I reckon the neighbors would have toasted me for that very thing.




Flood Dream

we were living in a different house and it was winter like, snow and ice everywhere but not frozen solid. There was a tiny (ankle deep) creek that we had to drive over on our driveway but it had swollen to be waist high and about 20 feet wide. we had to drive over it but I knew it was frozen enough to be able to. We had the crow truck and needed food so Nik (who was an older teenager -very rare in my dreams) and I bundled up and jumped in the crow truck and drove to a place.

Along the way we saw that every low lying place was flooded. Some ravines and such probably 100 feet deep or more, filled with water just a few feet less than the higher dryer ground. There was a lot of snow everywhere as well and we had to be careful and drive very slow for fear of driving in the wrong place or sliding.

We came to a 3 way road, or at least where there were three places other cars had driven. as i drove a long gate just blew open across the road I needed. at first I intended to drive right through it because something felt wrong but then I realized that I knew who's gate it was so I tried to swerve but still hit the corner and bent it a little. I stopped the truck and got out to move the gate and noticed tons of gates, kennel panels, fencing of all sorts stock piled nearby and partially hidden by the snow. It felt wrong somehow, i felt angry but also frightened by it and yet, when i tried to imagine or think about what they were for it felt as if I was purposely being blocked from any thought of it.

The next thing I knew we were driving along again and came to a structure that looked like a medium sized metal cattle shelter, a metal three sided building with big plastic sheets covering the open side. There were two women inside whom i knew and I went in to get food.

The dream shifted

It began again in the same way tho I knew it was another day, maybe months or more since the last trip. It was very cold out but little or no snow on the ground. The driveway creek was still very swollen but seemed to have gone down a bit. there was still an ice bridge across it but I was worried about it holding. we needed food tho so we got in the crow truck and drove. when i drove onto the bridge it collapse and the water came up to the doors of the truck but I was able to speed across and no water got in.

The next thing I knew, we were at the metal building again, the same two women inside. I went in and filled three bags with canned foods and was talking to the women when another truck pulled up with 3 or 4 men. One of the women said I should go because they were low on food and they would want some of mine. I seemed to have my own stock of food there (why I would keep it there and not at my home ?). As I quickly took my bags to the truck another truck pulled in with a man and woman in it. At the same time raised voices came out from the building. thought to myself that i would take Nik and the food home and come back and help the women.

And then I woke.

11.5.9

We've fallen gently into the bed of Autumn. The temperatures, like Summer, have been very mild. So much so that it worries my practical self, but then my daydream dancing self is overjoyed by every little thing and soon I forget to worry.

Forgetting to worry doesn't mean forgetting to prepare. It's more so that I can't help but find pleasure in the preparations. Maybe I don't take things quite as seriously as most other folks but then again, I don't dance in their shoes.

We had a wonderful Samhain, the house was full of guests (the kind you feel instead of see), we ate stuffed baked potatoes, chocolate cake and watched Wyrd Sisters. I am proud of almost everything Nik does but that he loves Terry Pratchett makes me proudest of all :) It's also something that both my sisters and I share, the books anyway.

The porch is almost finished :) just a little more chicken wire, a few boards cut down, a little nailing and some paint and the porch will finally be enclosed. Then it's about figuring out how to fit everything in. Two things have to fit for sure ... an area just for the cats to play and lounge in the sun, and a sitting area for me with rocking chair, tea table and soft throw rug. A place to contemplate my contemplations :)

Then a few more things before winter ... get the rest of the 6 foot fence up so that Hercules doesn't have to be chained up all the time. I loath that for him so much. And build him a bigger better doghouse. The goats broke down Star's giant igloo I gave him, so now he has Apollo's smaller house, which he fits in but just barely. The only thing I can think to do is build him one out of wood and sturdy enough for the goats to get on.

Those are the biggest things, and getting more firewood cut. You can never have to much and we rarely have enough ready ahead of time. One of these years I'll get it all cut up before winter :)

For now I'm off to have some irish cream in hot chocolate and watch some Catherine Cookson


Blessed night :)

Blessed Fall & Merry Samhain

I cannot imagine being more blessed than we are this Autumn ...

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A carpet more intricate and beautiful than any ever woven.

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The gardens are being put to bed. The herb garden is about ready, just waiting for one or two more little green houses. the one in the picture is the rosemary and I have another almost ready for the lavender (which shouldn't need it but does. and maybe one for the garden sage which seems to not be rooted as deep or have as much wick as it should by now.

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I bought a half bushel of apples the other day. We used to get free apples from windfalls each year but the trees we used to get them from are still recovering from a severe ice storm a few years back. Apples are such wonderful things. I'm making apple butter and apple sauce to can and pie apples to freeze.

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We also made apple heads to dry :)

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I made more elderberry scones.

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And a large batch of Amish cookies.

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And, we got our wonderful Blazer.

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Merry Blessed Samhain
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10.27.09 New car, new day

Today was so beautiful! Leaves a dance everywhere you look. A bright red leaf stuck to a window, a yellow and orange leaf adrift in the creek, a still green leaf resting on a large stone as if it had been laid there just so.

We finally have transportation again in the form of a 99 Chevy Blazer. It will be our going to town car and I hope the get the Crow truck fixed soon as well. It's a lovely, fancy thing. At first i couldn't figure out how to balance it with my old fashioned simple soul but, as he often does, Nik came to the rescue. He reminded me of my love for Firefly and Steampunk and balancing old with new. He said it was like when I wear my fancy skirt with my muck boots, it's different but it works for me. And indeed it does. So we have this grand new Blazer who will sit proudly next to the brave and beautiful old Crow truck, and all is well :) We're so very blessed!

And so the beautiful day became a beautiful evening, orange & brown with tiny blotches of green here and there painted on a backdrop of grays. Very vivid and alive but also quiet and subdued. A perfect evening for broom riding, cat petting and hot tea drinking. I may even let slip a cackle or two.

Merry blessings everyone :)

The Life and Times of Heroes and Heroines

Sheri Dixon is a friend of mine altho that's not really accurate because she's much more than that. I trust her, and that is one of the greatest things I can say about a person. Beyond that, she is also one of my heroes.

This is her book, her journey, her story http://www.blurb.com/photo-book-contest/view_book/839411
If you have the time, please stop by and say hello, buy her book, vote in the contest, make prayers and send healing energy, lift her up a bit because her wings become weary.

I'm pretty sure she's never seen my blog and I doubt she'll ever see this post but I hope she'll always know that Nik and I lover her and hers, greatly.

Namaste my sister

10.18.09

I woke this morning around 6:00am to the sound of Fox crowing and the smell of woodsmoke. What a magical way to start the day. My first thought of the day was how blessed I am to have this life :)

The way I go on about things people often think I haven't lived this way long, that it's all new to me. Aside from how long I've lived this life they're actually right, it is all new to me. Every autumn is a new autumn, and every morning a new and exciting beginning. I've always found it a lot like opening door after door and discovering what's behind each one. To experience life so sharply, so distinctly, over and over again is probably an asperger thing and if so, I feel blessed for it. My whole life I have felt and seen and smelled and heard the intricate nuances in each and every thing. Each delicate fiber in a spiders web, each glistening silk hair on a cat. It is to actually experience a thing I think. That of course has it's down side as well, to be to sensitive, to feel to much, to lose yourself in things that most people don't realize even exists.

It was 30 deg here in the Ozark Mountains this morning, it's 32 now at 8:00am. It's supposed to be in the high 50's and 60's for the next 3 or 4 days tho so no fire yet and a lot of work planned for the next few days getting things ready for the long rest.

More wood cut
wood stacked on the porch
chimney pipe swept (should have been done already)
hen house cleaned with extra hay added and an extra roost
run cord to henhouse and goat house for lamps
chicken pen cleaned and all cleanings put on the garden
porch cleaned and readied for winter
a/c out and covered
extra hay for all animal beds
the winter walls put back on Juniper rabbit's hutch
gutter cleaned and cover straightened out
antifreeze check on the poor crow truck
check heat strip and lamp in the well house
get animal covers up
gather kindling


The goat girls are in season and a neighbor down the road a way has a young Nubian Buck but now without the crow truck I'm not sure how to get them there. They also aren't in full heat but I'm hoping that being exposed to the male will cause them to. Of course they have to do what is natural for them but I need for them to be in season, mate have kids and give us some milk !

Todays menu: A light breakfast of toast with honey-butter and coffee. Lunch will be biscuits with hamburger gravy. Supper is baked ham, potatoes, green beans, carrots and cornbread. Dessert will be homemade Amish cookies and hot tea while I watch Coraline.

~ All Hallows Eve ~

~ All Hallows Eve ~

Bless the night of Halloween,
A night for those who go unseen.
A time for them to cross between,
our world and theirs.

Tap, tap, their footsteps fall,
Those who heed the midnight call.
Arrive then, at the Samhain Ball,
and dance the night away.

Winds whisper secrets in the breeze.
Tendrils of smoke rise thru the trees.
Give us candies, if you please.
Tonight is Halloween.


Juli ~ Sept. 2006

I can't help reposting it :)