Here is my submission for Fluffy butt Friday. My hens seem healthy currently, and even Magic’s derrière has clean feathers. In the picture they are tucking in to their daily scattering of dried grubs.
Fluffy butt Friday
Third anniversary
Well that snuck up on me. I had plans to lay out a lovely leather carving for the third anniversary of my blog, but the time suddenly loomed so I whipped up a quick stamped leather oblong instead. Three years can be an awkward age.
Creepy cool
My eldest’s favorite shirt is a Medusa print t-shirt her Aunt gave her around four years ago. We recently bought her a second one, since the first image was wearing away, but she still wears the first one, and it has become creepy cool the way the print has worn off.
We bought the new shirt here (so I have a reference when I need to rebuy it in another four years.)
Uneasy chickens
We were having high winds when I did my chicken camera check the other day. My hens were keenly aware of the unsettling howling wind noises outside their coop.
There are eight chickens in this picture, although you can only see the shadow of the two that get the prime back corner spot. This is their usual configuration at night, but without the strained intensity.
Faster plarn cutting
I have had plastic grocery bags waiting to be processed into plarn (plastic yarn) for … well, let’s just say it has been awhile.
The technique I have been using involves folding and cutting one bag at a time, which is why they have languished on the hook, waiting. I decided to try a different method, using a cutting board and a rotary wheel. I pull each bag flat, which easiest by finding the bottom corner and pulling on the handle, and stack it on the cutting board. Pictured is a stack of five bags. I then used a ruler that is one inch wide and my rotary cutter to cut off the sealed bottom.
I continue up the bags, cutting one inch strips using the ruler, until I reach the handles. This gives me approximately 60 plastic loops for 13 passes of the cutter. I do discard the bottom and top of the bag. I have cut up to seven bags at the same time comfortably, and could probably go higher, when I’m feeling brave.
It is definitely worth getting out the cutting board and rotary cutter to process bags, this goes so much faster than with scissors. The loops are more consistent as well, using the ruler, than eyeballing the angle with scissors.
