What is the Sunday Salon?
The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there.
I am spending the week up in East Texas with my daughter-in-law's aunt, Susie, taking care of chickens while my son and his family take a vacation to Nashville. To give me strength and courage while trying to care for 200 chickens (last time we did this, Susie fell and I got pecked by a mean rooster), I'm wearing my Texas chicken earrings my daughter-in-law and son gave me.
Please forgive me for not visiting your blog this week. I promise to catch up when I get back home next week!
What I Read Last Week:
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson (Nonfiction)
The Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Children's Fiction)
What I'm Reading Now:
The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane (Nonfiction)
Make Life Happier by Mark Williamson (Nonfiction)
The Solitary Summer by Elizabeth von Arnim (Fiction)
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (Fiction)
What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:
I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:
Wow! We had a few chickens when I was a teenager, and they were fun and easy, but 200 chickens! I hope you’re the chicken earrings - which are adorable, btw - bring all the good vibes to you and Susie for your chicken sitting duties.
ReplyDeleteCool calendar! When I went through some particularly hard times I trained my brain to work in the way it describes. It does help.
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DeleteTaking care of Texas chickens sounds like babysitting Ted Cruz - and others I could name!
ReplyDeleteSome people say that chickens are very intelligent. I hope you’ll be able to comment on this when you have complete your chicken-sitting duties.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
It’s so nice of you to help out while the family is on vacation! I hope your week goes smoothly.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the chickens! I got a bit traumatized by some of my grandmother's when I was a kid. Kind of made me never want to be around them - ha! Like your June calendar suggestions.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a good name for a band, 200 Chickens. Ha! I would like to read more about your experience with them this tme and I wihs you luck and safety with that rooster!
ReplyDeleteI am still compiling my summer reading list so I will be hitting up your blog for suggestions to fit in/ Currently planning to read from all the holds I have at the library.
Thanks much for your cards! xox
Better you than me with the chickens!! My husband always mentions being chased by a rooster as a kid!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the chicken tending! It sounds like a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteYour happiness calendar is a good one.
I posted that calendar in a group I admin. Love those actions. I hope you're having fun and staying safe with the chickens! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know about chicken sitting, one attacked my son when he was young. I would rather animal sit for a cat, dog, fish, sloth, bunny or a deskunked skunk. My son Anothy's friend Lisa has had a few skinks but she had them de-skunked. To my surprise hey make really good pets.
ReplyDeletehave fun with the chooks! Love your earrings too! I have scary memories of our neighbours' mad chickens busting into our outside loo and attacking us when doing our business - eek!!
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Good luck with the chickens. Have a great trip!
ReplyDelete200 chickens?! Holy moly that's a lot. No falling and no getting pecked! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have chickens, but maybe not 200, lol! That's a lot! Hope you have fun and everything goes well!
ReplyDelete200 chickens, you are a brave woman. Wing it as best you can. I hope you have fun!
ReplyDeleteI hope the chicken earrings helped with that Herculean task! I remember watching Little House on the Prairie. I loved it (along with The Waltons!). Thanks for the link-up.
ReplyDeleteYou are braver than I am. My friend had a chicken, she tried to hand it to me... it was the most terrifying moment of my life. I'm not about those mini velociraptors.
ReplyDeleteKristin @ Book Sniffers Anonymous
Hope the chicken earrings helped you 🙂 i’ve never worked on the farm, but I have pulled weeds a lot and then to farms and that is enough for me
ReplyDeleteMy manager at work has chickens. I remember when she had to pull an egg that was stuck out of one. No thank you. Good luck with your...flock? I remember you reporting back from last year's Adventures In Chicken Babysitting.
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted chickens... but not 200 of them! You are a brave woman! Hope you are having fun and have a great week ahead!
ReplyDeleteThat’s a lot of chickens! I hope the rooster behaves itself and you don’t find yourself in a flap 🐓
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your week
Good luck with the chickens! You're providing an excellent service to allow family some vacation time -- it's so hard when there are living creatures left behind.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a good week!
ReplyDeleteChickens are some of my favorite animals. I was designated as the chicken caretaker on the farm when I was growing up and so I had plenty of chances to observe them up close and personal. Each bird had its unique personality that contributed to making a very interesting community. Observing them gave me a good foundation for my later study of sociology. Chickens and humans have a surprising (or maybe not!) amount of traits in common.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a busy time - have a great week!
ReplyDeleteOof, good luck with all those chickens!
ReplyDeleteI hope all goes well with the chickens. So many chickens!!
ReplyDeleteOur chickens at school seem to fare well on a diet of scraps the kids leave from their lunches, They love and fight over pizza.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the chickens .... that's a lot of chickens to care for! I have confidence you'll do well covering for them. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness - what a responsibility! That is a serious number of chickens. Do you have to collect the eggs?? I hope it all goes smoothly this time around, Deb. Have as easy and glitch-free week as possible!!!
ReplyDeleteHave fun chicken wrangling! Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI guess chicken sitting is the same as cat sitting - except there are a lot ore chickens and they peck! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteWow, 200 chickens is a big responsibility. Good luck with them!
ReplyDeleteHave fun with the chickens.
ReplyDeleteI just noticed the earring chickens are wearing glittery boots. How fun! Good luck to you and Susie and the chickens! You can do this!
ReplyDeleteHope you have fun with the chickens!
ReplyDeleteJust to say hi. Think of you every time I see your nephew pitching with the Rangers. Glad you are still here spreading positivity.
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