we have a winner & dreams of a hen house
Please excuse this dreadful photo of The Rem, he's not a morning dog. There he was sleeping soundly at the foot of the bed, when I dash into the bedroom and shout "Hurry Remy, you have to pick a name for the book give away before I am late for work. I keep forgetting to do this and I said you would pick the winner!" Then little slips of paper, with commenter's name ,shower down upon his head. He looks a little startled doesn't he?
And the winner of Clotilde Dusoulier's Edible Adventures In Paris is:
Cassie Sheila of Gifts for Nonnie!
Cassie please send an email with your Mailing address to bonfirewines at gmail dot com.
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I officially want a chicken coop. After seeing Return to Oz on VHS in 1985, I have wanted to get a chicken. Dorthy has a pet chicken named Belinda that takes Toto's place in the adventure. More recently, I have read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and family. her family writes about their quest to eat locally, and eat from their own organic farm. Barbara's youngest daughter sends away for mail order chicks and start her own business of selling eggs and chicken meat at the farmers market. My puppy school teacher, Trish, has a farm and told the class she was selling her Heritage turkeys for Thanksgiving, chicks and a chickens to anyone who had a coop!
After confessign my deep rooted desire for a hen house, Trish suggested I start with Backyard Chickens. I would need to learn about how to build a coop, and what type of chickens to purchase, as well how to take care of the chicks when they arrive.
A simple hen house like this one would be perfect. Now I just need to talk Ryan and Mary into it! Mary, who's property we rent, adores animals. She used to keep guinea fowl on the property to keep the tick population, on the property, down. It's The Wine Maker who need convincing. Pretty critical to have him on board since the idea of my building anything it pretty dangerous. I'm not allowed to use power tools since the staple gun incident of 2003. Maddy knows exactly what I am talking about.
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p.s. Thank You for all the comments about the Chardonnay wine label. The Wine Maker had further changes. I'll finalize the design so we can print it tonight.







































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