H/T to Donna for sending!!!
Something a little different to end the year!
This masterpiece miniature train was built in Hamburg, Germany. It plays a song made of 20 classical pieces. The track is 211m long and it has made it to the world record Guinness book as the longest one ever made. Miniature train singing by hitting glasses with water
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....... sunset on Wednesday night:
You can barely make out the Christmas lights on the pen:
Sadly, it didn't last long:
The gang yesterday:
One egg!
Chicken butts!
Chipper always the first in line for treats!
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...... days, NOTHING interesting is going on in Coopville:
It's dreary and
cold:
The local geese flying to the big pond down the road:
Kitty-Kat doesn't have a care in the world!
The gang having their late afternoon snack:
At least there was one egg waiting for me!
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....... Japanese silk comes from?
Well, wonder no more!
Japanese silk is silk harvested in Japan. The silk industry was dominant from the 1930s to 1950s, but is less common now. Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons.The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm.
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The cold blast moving in:
It had been 50 degrees before it starting dropping:
It didn't bother the neighbor horses though:
That evening:
The gang made it through the bitter cold just fine - the first day of the freeze, they stayed in the coop for most of the day. Even got two eggs out of 'em!
Didn't take any pics outside during the storm - the camera battery kept dying out -
it doesn't like cold weather!
'Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!
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Merry, Merry Christmas to you!
Have a wonderful holiday!
Chickenmom, Hubby, Benji, Chipper, Dolly, Reba and Kitty-Kat
xoxoxo
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How about some steam, bells and whistles for this bitter cold night?
Grab a cuppa, snuggle in a warm blanket and enjoy!
Source:
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I guess some of you have had that cold winter blast by now. We will get it today (Friday).
Let the gang out so I could get the coop and pen ready:
Emptied and cleaned the coop....
..... and put down lots and lots of shavings and hay:
( I also packed the spaces under the windows to keep out any drafts).
Cleaned the pen and put down fresh hay and plastic around the sides of it.
(Have no idea why I took this pic!)
Yesterday we had rain and sleet all day long:
Ice started to form on the gate already:
All tucked in for the night:
Stay safe out there!
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.... to show for the weekend this time:
Coyote tracks in the snow:
They led right to the coop!
We hear them every night out in the back. Sometimes we see them in the daytime, but not too often.
Not too much going on - thankfully! All the holiday shopping is done except for a trip to Acme to get some fresh veggies. Will probably do that on Wednesday before we get the big snow storm heading our way. I hope the weather gurus are wrong about this one.....
But anyway, here are some pretty sunset pics!
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Winter Steam!
Enjoy!
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led to a very cloudy and COLD day:
Got two more eggs though!
And:
More snow!
Good news on the bear hunt here in Joisey!
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Corks!!!!
Wine corks are a stopper used to seal wine bottles. They are typically made from cork (bark of the cork oak). Half of the world's cork wine stoppers come from Portugal's cork oak trees. These trees are so important to the country's ecosystem and economy, they're protected under Portuguese law.Go inside the forests of Alentejo to see how the cork bark is carefully harvested every nine years so it doesn't hurt the trees.
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Christmas present for Hubby:
A Snow Joe! It sure did come in handy!!
A beautiful sunrise on Sunrise Mountain!
Let the gang out - they did not want to walk through the snow!
Kitty-Kat deciding which ornament to knock off the tree:
The "look" he gave me when I told him NO!
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.... started out just fine!
Hubby played with his wood splitter:
A view of Coopville from there:
Even had a present or two!
Geese flying over:
BUT on Sunday:
SNOW!!!!!
Went out to give the gang their treats:
And they left me ONE!
The snowfall was so pretty!
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Didn't understand a word, but it sure was fun to watch!!!
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