I'm still here, and kicking!

Another birthday has passed. Another set of pearls and diamonds. (Gotta somehow let him know that I have enough pearls and diamonds--that I'd like some sapphires or emeralds or rubies!) But I thought I had already expressed that. Looks to me like I'm not the only one getting that "hide your own Easter Eggs" mentality.

We've got chickens now. And they're reproducing. We were losing a hen every week, so Fred decided he needed to do something about the coyotes behind us. Lucky for the coyote, we discovered one of the hens just below our bedroom window with 7 little peepers. On further hunts, we found another in one of the pole barns. She came out last week with 3 little ones. And the last one is up in a barn between huge bales of hay. Fred said he heard one little peeper yesterday.

He still thinks he's going to have to do something about the coyote, though. The roosters have disappeared except for one. I have reservations about hurting the coyotes. Bruce, our deceased neighbor, used to enjoy watching them cock an ear, stalk, and leap in his fields for the little rodents. Part of the balance of nature. Fred says the free lunches at Fred's Farm is not part of that balance.

I'm back to seeing my oncologist every 6 mos for a couple years now. No news there, which is good. So I'll probably not be posting much on that front for some time. Hoping all is well for everyone. M