Sunday, February 01, 2009
light returning
The chickens tell me the days are getting longer. Slowly their production is inching up from the dark tunnel of no eggs. This year they went from a fall moult directly into the darkest month and then a cold spell. Who would want to give birth to an egg every day under those circumstances? So now as the angle of the sun rises a little and it’s no longer dark at 5:00pm, we get four or five eggs a day instead of one or two. I celebrated this morning with belgian waffles using two large eggs and three bantam eggs (small). The waffles were moist and light - yum!
I, too, am feeling a little more elastic. I can feel my sap beginning to rise to the call of spring. In my woodsy walks with the dogs I see some buds considering the idea of swelling: blueberries and swamp azalea. At home I want to plan changes to the garden, sort my seeds and order some, strategize on where to start seeds indoors as my sunny windows are full of geraniums.
