thursday
Good and bad and good and bad and good. Yesterday Jan and I had a challenging hike but it felt good to push ourselves after a winter of shorter walks. And the weather was perfect. The temps climbed from 40 to 60F - sunny. We went across the bridge and up the big hill above Drake Well and then came down the switchbacks, across the foot bridge and back by way of the bike trail. Five miles in all. I think the hardest part was walking on the paved surface of the bike trail at the end. That hurt my hips and feet the most. All evening afterwards my legs hurt.
I had made the decision that when I got home I would let the chickens out. Yesterday morning they seemed to moan and groan the worst I have ever heard them. Let us out! Let us out! The whole walk I was hearing them in my head. They were very happy to get out and it made me feel good to see them working their way across the yard scratching as they went. They LOVE doing that. Chickens love scratching. The poor chickens kept in cages all their lives never get to experience that. What a terrible thing we do to them for profit. I still want to make a bigger run for our chickens and not let them out for the entire day. I figure that the less time they are out the less time of danger they will be in but it will still be worth it to their wellbeing to have some outside time each day. A calculated risk. I stood with them outside last night and they came and clustered around me. It was sweet. It's for my own enjoyment too to have them out. I love how they come running to me and follow me around, letting me reach down and pet them. Some of them like me to pick them up for hugs and to have little chats.
At 3 am I started to have a cluster headache. I was so tired I just wanted to stay in bed. Usually if I have a cluster headache I get up. They don't seem so bad when I'm up. Anyway, I kept waking up over and over with the pain (to me the sensation is that my eyeballs are being squeezed) and finally got up at 6. So here I am. The pain seems milder now that I'm up.
Today will be a day of rain. Piano lesson tonight. Back to sorting gems.
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Later... 9:30 now. No energy. Headache gone. I tried to go back to bed to catch up on sleep but couldn't fall asleep. Read some more of The Dark Tower #3. Blaa. Rainy dark day. The chickens are locked in but not complaining much about it.
I had made the decision that when I got home I would let the chickens out. Yesterday morning they seemed to moan and groan the worst I have ever heard them. Let us out! Let us out! The whole walk I was hearing them in my head. They were very happy to get out and it made me feel good to see them working their way across the yard scratching as they went. They LOVE doing that. Chickens love scratching. The poor chickens kept in cages all their lives never get to experience that. What a terrible thing we do to them for profit. I still want to make a bigger run for our chickens and not let them out for the entire day. I figure that the less time they are out the less time of danger they will be in but it will still be worth it to their wellbeing to have some outside time each day. A calculated risk. I stood with them outside last night and they came and clustered around me. It was sweet. It's for my own enjoyment too to have them out. I love how they come running to me and follow me around, letting me reach down and pet them. Some of them like me to pick them up for hugs and to have little chats.
At 3 am I started to have a cluster headache. I was so tired I just wanted to stay in bed. Usually if I have a cluster headache I get up. They don't seem so bad when I'm up. Anyway, I kept waking up over and over with the pain (to me the sensation is that my eyeballs are being squeezed) and finally got up at 6. So here I am. The pain seems milder now that I'm up.
Today will be a day of rain. Piano lesson tonight. Back to sorting gems.
*****
Later... 9:30 now. No energy. Headache gone. I tried to go back to bed to catch up on sleep but couldn't fall asleep. Read some more of The Dark Tower #3. Blaa. Rainy dark day. The chickens are locked in but not complaining much about it.