Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Wednesday

Looking out the upstairs window, I'm thinking this morning the farmette appears like someone had unevenly poured a sack of salt over it. Yes, it snowed, no, it didn't improve the landscape much.


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There is, however, always breakfast.


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The cheepers are back to hanging out in the barn. No outdoor runs for them, not when there's any white stuff on the ground. It's just as well. I cringe when I see them in their molted stage. It's all wrong for this time of the year, though I am grateful that it is only a "soft molt." A hard molt would expose their skin. I've seen pictures of it -- it looks like someone started plucking hens for the kettle and then, for some reason, changed their mind halfway through. I can't imagine them surviving winter with exposed skin. Right now they look depleted, but still feathered.


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In the afternoon, I visit little Snowdrop. Now, there's a source of color and joy for you! I find her in her dad's lap, looking this way and that...


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Okay, girl, gotta give your parents some time to catch up with their stuff!

It goes without saying that she and I have terrific adventures in the hours that follow. Of the type you can have with a 2.5 week old! (It includes a nap on grandma's tummy.)


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Such beautiful days! It's hard to believe that with each week, they only get better.

5 comments:

  1. All your photos are wonderful, but I especially like the last one - so trusting and content. Love. P.S. Poor Cheepers. :( Is this the typical time of year to shed feathers? Doesn't make sense. Is it an emotional molting - sensing displacement by Snowdrop? :))

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  2. I have to echo Reenie, the utter relaxation and contentment shown by Snowdrop is my favorite photo. Gerber baby time!

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  3. I love the way a 2 week old can be so completely into whatever she's doing... wide-eyed with dad, totally blissed out with you... love these pictures!

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  4. I think it's so smart of you to go there every day and "bond" with Snow...she won't feel alienated from you when she grows up. You will always have a special close relationship and I can "see" you both traipsing around the world together some day!

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  5. Yes, I can see it: grandma nina and her brood of grandchildren, buying two baguettes and six pains au chocolate at a French bakery, or a plateful of pierogi in Warsaw...

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