This being an indoor cat business is a good gig.
The good life
Prepping nest boxes
Last year, the hens started laying again in February, so this year when they started looking interested in the boxes again, I cleaned out the old straw and put in fresh, along with some dried lavender (for the calming effect and to deter insects). They were very keen to see what I was doing, but I suspect it was just to dug through the straw and see if I left treats. None of them are doing the submissive squat, so I think they aren’t ready to lay yet.
I also put a golf ball in last year’s favorite nest. Here’s hoping.
A little spinning
It felt good to do a little spinning again. I’ve been busy making things with yarn, but haven’t spun any in over a month. My eldest recently used shades of green and white wool to fill a clear plastic cup for a “kelp-achino” prop for a play (it came out well, by the way. Did I take a picture? No, of course not, darn it.) There was left over wool. Hm. It found its way into my fiber bag, and onto a drop spindle. Then we wandered outside because the weather was nice. I prefer to spin standing up because there is more vertical space for the spindle to spin, which is a problem in an orthotic boot, at least for long periods of time. The doc told me to rest, and I’m trying, truly.
Peeping Tom
The coop is the neighborhood chick flick hangout for cats. I caught the white long haired cat having a looksie while I filled water buckets.
Sophie started out as a neighborhood outdoor cat, who adopted us, and is nearly converted to indoor life, but still likes to take in an occasional chicken show. The hens don’t get upset when she is staring in, as long as she is calm.
Paper flower wreath
That was more work than I anticipated. Folding all the flowers from slightly off-sized origami paper torn from a book wasn’t bad, but adding the twisting of the wire stems doubled the time for each. Then I decided to cut down some of the paper to make three different sizes. Then my kids’ school was cancelled for three days because there weren’t enough teachers and subs due to COVID infections. Hm. Anyway, I did finally complete the wreath by adding the flowers to a grape vine circle. I regularly change out the picks on this wreath, so no gluing, I just hooked the wire around the vine so I can use the base again. Rather than fill the wreath full of flowers, I did a size gradient so I can still see the lovely woody vines. I do like this wreath!
