Well, perhaps not headlines. But he was recently featured prominently in the Washington Post. I am the mom of a famous rooster!
Make sure that you take a look at the slide show to see his Palazzo di Pollo (chicken coop).
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Another Monday.
Harry and I spent the better part of the weekend painting the master bedroom. We traded off between rolling and detail work and we both made our fair share of messes. For a while Sophie perched on top of a chaise to supervise our work. Sarah was distraught. She does not like change.
Today we get back to normal. I will have to do something about my manicure. Speckled fingernails in Benjamin Moore Light Pewter is not really a good look.
Here’s wishing you a happy, calm and productive week.
Robin
If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. We figure it’ll take until Sunday. Harry does most of the rolling—no small chore with high ceilings—and I do all the tedious detail work. You, of course, can pitch in wherever you like.
We’re painting it a dove grey. So if you see some grey in my hair in the next few days, it’s paint. Got it? The grey is paint.
Robin
Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate?
We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pull out the photo album of past Groundhog Days and reminisce. We will toast Puxatawny Phil by opening the first bottle of my homemade apfelwein, which I hope is sparkly by now. If it’s any good, you’ll hear more about it.
Cheers!
Robin
Working from a home office is not always what it’s cracked up to be. I have a lousy IT department (me). Interruptions range from barking dogs to crowing roosters. I hear my business phone ring during non-business hours.
But there is a lot good about a 15 step commute. Such as today. It’s cloudy and a bit drizzly, but the temps will climb into the mid 60s for the second day in a row. I will turn off the heat, throw open the windows and give the house—and office—a good airing. Ahhh!
Robin
Garden and food writer Robin Ripley is co-author of Grocery Gardening and has a cookbook in development. Bumblebee is about her life in rural Maryland, her garden, cooking, dogs and pet chickens. She also blogs about food and chickens at Eggs & Chickens. Welcome! Thank you for visiting.
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May 20th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Lording it over the hens! He is one lucky rooster, having survived all he has survived. gail
May 20th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Seriously – now you are doing PR for chickens? It must really be tough times! What a hoot! I love the piece — and T.Boone has certainly had his 15 seconds of fame. Have you had t-shirts made yet? I wanna reserve mine now!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:23 pm
What a hoot. Your palace is famous too.
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
He’s made the big time! Those are some fine shots of that rooster. I didn’t realize he is that much bigger than the hens
May 30th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Awww…. how cool. Don’t all chicken moms dream of the day one of their brood makes it big?? LOL. I’m afraid since mine are part of a clandestine coop, they’ll have to remain part of the Chicken Underground.