Today I woke up at dawn. And got out of bed at about 7. And then went out to the backyard with my dad. And raked out all of the gross, old greens the chickens hadn't eaten. And put them in the compost. And harvested zucchini. Three. And then I harvested some peas. Lots. Snap peas and Snow peas. Then I went out front to pick raspberries. But before I could finish, it was time to let Ranger (the dog we've been sitting) out of his crate and into his backyard. Then we decided to take him on a walk on the schoolyard, seeing as it was still nice and cool out. I managed to get out the door, rather then be pulled out, and so I was more or less injury-free. We walked him, and as we were going in, my mom told us Zen had caught a baby bird. I put ranger in, and we tried to figure out which sparrow nest the fledgling had fallen out of. We're still not sure if it was the right one. Then I finished picking raspberries as fast as possible, and I must've missed some (that or they're just starting to slow down), because I got only half a pound! Gasp!
And now, of course, I'm writing this blog post. I've been meaning to write a blog post for a while now. A lot's been happening -- and I suppose that's one of the reasons I haven't had time to write a post.
Anyway, all's well here, if you're worried. But I am making progress on many things. My schedule is getting back to normal (having to let the neighbor's dog out at 9 or so is helping), and I'm not sleeping in til noon. It's nice. I like being up early. Around dawn everything is just so nice. I've also been making progress on at least some of my writing projects, while others are going... slowly. *coughtheothersideofshraecough*. I'll post up the next chapter someday. Really.
I am making progress with a few other ideas, though, mainly that horse book that I've been talking about writing for forever. I'm also working on a chicken world/society, but I don't like it at the moment so I think I'll start over. I'm working on character designs. Lucky for me there are so many different breeds and colors of horse -- as well as words to describe them. I think this story might be just a short, one-book thing, but even so... it's going to be a lot of work. I still need a plotline, world map, and then of course the horse culture, and whatever else. Sometimes you just get ideas quickly, sometimes things take longer. I have a lot of work to do on this.
Ah, but the most exciting news: I will (if plans don't change) be helping a friend, Sue, butcher her meat rabbits. I don't know if I will be able to do much, but I'll try, and see if I can stomach it. Be better to find out before I go and buy houses and food and breeding stock then after I do. And maybe we can try some rabbit, too, and see how it tastes. You also have to like eating rabbit if you're going to raise them to eat. Duh.
So that's what's happening. I still don't have a name for my non-existent farm. I figure I'll wait for a sign from the universe, since I don't have any ideas anyway.
Now I need to eat some actual breakfast. I've been up for 2 hours and I haven't gotten anything to eat except a few raspberries.
-Willow
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