It's finally beginning to look a little brighter out there

Hello adventurers,

Much has transpired since our last chat in February. I hope you are all well, and enjoying the arrival of spring (you took long enough, Spring. See if you can schedule a little closer to March next year, okay?).

In the time since we last convened, there have been some exciting additions to the backyard, or as I like to call it, "Second Chance Ranch". For those of you who follow me on FB, you'll know all about dear deformed Sweetie Bird, who came to me in January after I discovered to my horror that 2 out of 3 of my original "hens" I raised since chick-hood turned out to be ROOSTERS. This is not supposed to happen! As sad as I was to see them go (they were the coolest of the 3 chickens in the coop; the remaining (and only) hen in the group is a flat-out tyrant), I was excited to acquire a hen in need of a nurturing place where she could roam free on her mangled foot, without fear of harassment from her peers.

Yes, that's right. I've created a sling for her, and I'm holding her as I do my housework. She loves it.

Sweetie has a deformed foot, and the "good" foot is gnarled. So I guess she has two deformed feet, but one is way worse than the other. Her gimpy walking style made her a target in her family chicken yard, so her guardians thought she might be better off in a kinder, gentler coop. And so did I...until I tried to introduce her to the red hen, aka, The Tyrant.

It didn't work.

So now Sweetie Bird has her own coop (actually a rabbit hutch), and The Tyrant has her own coop. Which is why I decided to get two new chicks in March, thus creating the need for a third coop.

Babies! This time, we got two sexlink chicks, to ensure womanhood in four months.

So now it's all about finding the most concise way to house everybody happily without turning my yard into a full-on Sanford and Sons Salvage Yard.

Oh, Lamont. You were my personal fashion idol back in those days. You and Loretta Lynn.

I'm seeing photos of some pretty impressive and grand coop designs, and I am trying to keep mine simple and easy enough to build that even the village idiot I can handle it. If you have suggestions, I'm all ears. Throw them my way. In the days to come, I will share with you some of my ideas and plans, and you can tell me what you think looks good, and what's just plain nutso crazy.

Have a great day, everyone! Watch out for the Evil Eye:

Aunt Esther!

This Day in History!

ASCAP, or the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, marks its 100th anniversary today. Many writers and performers owe their livelihood to the efforts of this group, the nation’s first performing rights organization charged with collecting and distributing music royalties to its nearly 500,000 member songwriters and publishers.

Great article describing ASCAP

In honor of this great anniversary, I researched women's hairstyles from 1914, my granny's year of birth. I found this old poster dealing with the scandalous topic of bobbed haircuts:

"If you must do it, show this to your barber"! I mean, ladies, if you just can't help yourself, at least have the decency to make a sensible choice from this approved chart. What's next, ladies, trousers? Come on. That's just about as insane as giving women the right to vote.

New Dawn, New Day

This Day In History! In 1964, the Beatles played their first US concert at the Coliseum in Washington DC. In honor of the decade they helped define, I tried a "Twiggy-insprired" face of the day, although I more resemble her stouter, older cousin, Figgy:

I think I spent an hour on each eyebrow. Lesson: black eyebrows are nearly impossible to cover.

Twiggy and I are practically twins.

My hooded eyelids prevent you from seeing any of this detail unless I am gazing fixedly downward like Angst itself.

I used only Younique products for this look - Products used: (From Younique Moodstruck Minerals line) - Face: BB Cream in Bisque, Concealer in Fresh; Lips in Stunning; Eyes: Pigment Powder in Corrupted, Sexy, Irresistible; 3D Lashes.

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