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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Dominion Auto Group - Holiday Commercial
Enjoy Flake and a few of her "tricky" friends, as they prepare for the holiday season. For those of you who don't know Flake well, she is the one who looks "sad" when asked what she wants for Christmas, and also the smiling dog in the back of the toboggan. Many thanks to Ted Linhart and Dominion Auto Group for their generous support of the Richmond SPCA!! And thank you to all of the other dogs (Stewie, Daisy Jane, Rocky, Kandi Ann, Bernard, Lucy and Buddy) and their handlers, who made this series of commercials possible. Watch for several more versions to air before year end.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Chicken Little Update
Nesting Boxes
Lifting Her Head to DrinkMiss Chicken Little is moving up in the world and I think she approves of all improvements so far. In the past week, she has requested a split level condominium and a weather resistant radio for her chicken enclosure --- and these were promptly installed. She made it very clear that she likes to roost high at night (requiring a bar on which to roost) and to nest slightly lower during the day (requiring a nesting box). Who knew? Actually, anyone who found the time to read a chicken book BEFORE getting a chicken would have known, but that (alas) was not me. Better late than never I suppose. The radio was my friend Jay's suggestion and I do believe she spends her time talking to the radio or at least singing along to chicken-approved songs.
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She continues to seem happy in this new location and is absolutely unflappable with my dogs. They are of course never inside her enclosure and she has yet to come out, but they can be right next to her enclosure, barking and playing, and she ignores them completely. She has actually pecked three of the dogs square on the nose when they tried to poke their noses through the wire mesh. Silly dogs. None of them will do THAT again. :-)
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Her appetite is still good and she is SO enthusiastic about new food items. It is much fun to surprise her each morning with something different and watch her gobble it up. So far, shredded cheese and almond slices appear to be her absolute favorites.
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Chicken Little's First Egg
She laid an egg!!
She laid an egg!!
She laid an egg!!
She laid an egg!!
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Very exciting news for this city girl and her (formerly) city chicken.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Chicken Little
The Chicken Palace....
Fast Asleep --- First Night on the Farm
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Please welcome Chicken Little, who came to live at my farm yesterday. She was previously living at large in an urban neighborhood without a roost to call her own. Here's hoping she likes her new digs. She seems to have settled in quickly --- and has demonstrated a healthy appetite and some clear preferences with regard to food items. Thus far, her grading scale appears to be as follows: chicken feed (B), product 19 cereal (B+), spinach leaves (A) and cheese (A+) --- all eaten directly from my hand, which I think is a good start. She also has a wonderful range of chirps and clucks that sound pretty happy to me. I have been told she is a Rhode Island Red hen, although I have no idea how old she might be.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Family
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...I may have the cutest nieces and nephews in the world. Just sayin'. :-)
Friday, December 23, 2011
Visiting the Jefferson
Wow. Big and Beautiful. Those are words to describe the holiday decorations at the Jefferson Hotel. Candy house is one of the best I have ever seen --- and I believe the (spectacular) tree will be up until the first week in January. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the Richmond area!!Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Still Feeding Birds
One of my favorite parts of life on the farm is the amazing variety of birds I can (and will) see on any given day --- and often right outside of my kitchen window. Before moving away from Church Hill, I honestly never realized how many different kinds of birds there were in this area, nor did I realize how colorful the birds might be. I was a bit spoiled living in the metal building apartment (in the back part of the farm) for my first two years out here, at least in terms of bird-watching abilities. The bird feeders there were only about 8 feet from the apartment and I could use a telephoto lens from just inside the bathroom window very easily and get great images. Visit http://sarahsbirdreport.blogspot.com/ for a bird inventory I did a few years back.The new house does not (yet) have a great location for doing that kind of photography, although I an determined to find or create one soon. I did recently get a see-through birdfeeder for the window of my laundry room (see above), but the window is very close to the heat pump and A/C unit, so only the bravest of birds seem to have found their way there. Alternating between sunflower seeds and safflower seeds has helped --- and appears to to be getting a strong vote of approval from all my visitors.
For those who asked for details, I keep two feeders on my deck and they are filled most of the time with either sunflower or safflower seeds, plus one hummingbird feeder. There are additional feeders along the perimeter fences, but I don't worry about keeping them filled as often. I have one squirrel who visits on occasion, but not so often as to be a pest. After NOT seeing one single squirrel on the property for the first 4 years I was here, I still get a kick watching his antics.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Thor Turns 14!
Happy Birthday to Thor, who may be the happiest dog in the world. He is still bouncing around the house and yard at 14 years of age and LOVES to do agility and tricks. Perhaps not as nimble as he once was, but as enthusiastic as he ever was!!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween.
Check out the scary spiders who arrived last week at 6500, just in time for Halloween. Thank you Annie!!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Kelsey's Box House
This was the result of some serious thought, a fair amount of effort and LOTS of tape. Much fun. I should note that this house had more than one room and a skylight too. :-).
Had a wonderful trip to California for the Labor Day weekend!
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