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Chickens and Persimmons

December 18, 2010

The persimmons finally came to an end.  The last few were divvied up between the chickens and the compost pile. This is what happens pretty much any time food and the chickens are in the same place:

Little to No Self Control

November 29, 2010

I didn’t do any Christmas shopping on Black Friday, but I also did not resist the temptation to buy myself two treats that I saw on the interwebs. Dress from ModCloth. Sweater pattern from Magpie Patterns. Oh well.  What can you do?

Oh, Martha

November 27, 2010

This is kind of the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life:

Oh, Also…

November 26, 2010

I’m back on the etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/karakarakarakara

Psych.

November 23, 2010

As a psychology major, I was often required (or offered extra credit) by professors to participate as a subject in various psychological experiments conducted by grad students.  Explains a lot, right? Anyway, they were usually something computer based and boring, but once I ended up in a food studies experiment.  I had to go two [...]

Chickens = Awesome

November 2, 2010

I don’t think I can properly express how awesome the chickens are.  Mostly, they are so funny. Chickens have a lot more personality than you’d expect, and are highly entertaining.   I just read a blog post that refers to it as “Chicken TV,” where suddenly you realize you’ve just spend two hours chicken-watching. My [...]

Serious Rain

October 24, 2010

It is really, really, really raining.  I don’t think it has stopped at all since Thursday evening.  I just went outside to check on the chickens (who are relatively dry thanks to the elaborate tarp situation I set up for them last weekend), and noticed that every container that could possibly hold water is overflowing. [...]

Why I Love Big Box Stores

October 8, 2010

Because sometimes at 8:00 on a Friday night you decide that you need a food dehydrator.  NOW.

It Gets Better:

October 5, 2010

Alligator King

The Sesame Street Alligator King- Prickly Pear Fingers

October 5, 2010

This is exactly the guy I was thinking about when I made this comparison: Here’s one of the fingers, I just can’t find a bigger one: You’re welcome.