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<title><![CDATA[Two Flocks]]></title>
<link>http://chookenz.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/two-flocks/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Never thought we&#8217;d have to admit to being beaten by a chicken, but we admit defeat. Despite th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Never thought we&#8217;d have to admit to being beaten by a chicken, but we admit defeat. Despite the weeks of proximity, the supervised interaction, the very obvious displeasure of the other hens and our own frequent please, Neroli and Poppy have flatly refused to live together.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve done everything we could think of, but there&#8217;s been no improvement. We&#8217;ve even let them fight on a couple of occasions, hoping that at least one would get enough of a victory that the other would concede defeat but no. I honestly believe that they would kill each other. God knows they&#8217;ve tried. And continue to try. The other hens don&#8217;t like it either – Ella in particular will launch herself at the combatants, shrieking and pecking. I&#8217;ve seen her drag Neroli by the wattle on one occasion. But it doesn&#8217;t make any difference that we can see – they will <em>not</em> tolerate each other&#8217;s presence.</p>
<p>To make matters worse, Frida is also now fighting Poppy. (And the converse: Poppy is no longer willing to be bossed by Frida.) We&#8217;re hoping that this particular battle is just because Frida is broody, and therefore bolshie. But … who knows?</p>
<p>We essentially have two choices:</p>
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<li>get rid of one of them,</li>
<li>run two separate flocks.</li>
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<p>It would be those two, wouldn&#8217;t it? Poppy and Neroli, the two we are most attached to. We talked about it a bit, but neither of us could face saying goodbye to either of our girls. So two flocks it is.</p>
<p>Yesterday we set up the Summer Palace alongside the garage. We store the house and run there anyway, so it&#8217;s not that big a deal to have it set up as living quarters. We&#8217;ll try to rotate the girls, so that they stay as close to being one flock as possible, and don&#8217;t start to get territorial. They&#8217;re perfectly safe in either run. And we&#8217;ll try to make sure they have some time mingling together under supervision.</p>
<p>Maybe Poppy and Neroli will eventually settle down. If they haven&#8217;t by winter then we might have a few problems – have to modify the house to keep the separation going (as the Summer Palace becomes the Winter Garden, and the LSA is left empty through winter).</p>
<p>Either way, there&#8217;s a certain comfort in not having to worry about it for a while longer.</p>
<p>And lots of cuddle time. With both our girls.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Destiny]]></title>
<link>http://diptychs.com/2009/12/17/destiny/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Camille &#38; Natalia</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Raising Canine]]></title>
<link>http://abcityblog.com/2009/12/15/raising-canine/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nycbucky</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul lands an appointment with a much sought after NYC doggie dermatolog]]></description>
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<p>“New York, where everything is harder than it should be.  And more expensive,” said my dear friend Martin (in a made-up Brooklyn accent) many years ago when he helped me move to the Big Apple.  And boy if the past decade (and a half) hasn’t proved him right.</p>
<p>Take child rearing, for example.  People always talk about the challenges of raising a child in Manhattan.  Now a co-parent of my second Bichon Frise pup, I whole-heartedly agree.</p>
<p>Chef and I have been lucky with our Au Pairs.  In <em>Alphabet City</em>, we had Kasia from Poland who would take Winnie, and later Frida, out for hours and hours at a time.  Since Kasia was a visual artist, I assumed my little ones were assisting in her workshop and learning a third language, since they were already bi-lingual in English and Spanish.  When our family moved to Washington Heights, Kasia moved to Maine, but not before Frida was the guest of honor at Kasia’s gallery opening in <em>Alphabet City</em>.  Frida chose two provocative oil paintings now hanging over the couch in her study.</p>
<div id="attachment_592" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://abcityblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/fridaart.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-592" title="FridaArt" src="http://abcityblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/fridaart.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Frida handing over a check to her artist-Au Pair Kasia at her gallery opening</p></div>
<p>But as anyone will tell you, it’s health care that’s a killer.  Despite the fact that it takes over an hour by subway to visit trumpet playing Argentine Doc Moscovich in the East Village, I’m loyal to our puppy-pediatrician.  But now he’s referring us to an Allergy-Dermatology Specialist for Frida’s ongoing hot-spots problem.</p>
<p>Just the words “referral” and “specialist” make my heart beat faster.  Not because I worry about the outcome.  But because I know that as a New Yorker those are fighting words.  It means doing battle to score an appointment.</p>
<p>“Let’s see.  The first thing I have is a little over a month away.  How would January 7 work?” said the extremely nice nurse at Animal Allergy and Dermatology.</p>
<p>“Sure, but we’re leaving town for a couple of weeks for the holidays and was hoping for something sooner.”</p>
<p>“That’s understandable.  But unfortunately, January 7 is all I have.”</p>
<p>Seasoned New Yorkers know when faced with a velvet rope rejection that a little name dropping is in order.</p>
<p>“My dear friend’s Chris and Tom just rave about Dr. Peikes.  Say she’s just done wonders for Edie.”</p>
<p>“Oh, you know Edie?”</p>
<p>“Yes, she’s actually Frida’s cousin.  They sort of grew up together.”</p>
<p>“Well, in that case, why don’t I put you on a waiting list in case anything comes up I can call you?”</p>
<p>I’ve played the “waiting list” game before—it’s how I scored a coveted table at the French Laundry in Napa.  Put your name on the list, then call the host every day and flirt, and beg, and plead until something “magically opens” up.</p>
<p>Guess what?  Frida and I are off for our first round of allergy testing today.  But only after I fill out a 4-page Dermatology History Report that is more extensive than the paperwork at my own specialists.  I stopped myself on seemingly simple question like, “Pet’s Name.”  Do I own up to her full gay Dad from Mexico name—Frida Carlota Xochtil Amarilla Buchmeyer Chavez?</p>
<p>New York, where everything is harder than it should be.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dance Epiphanies/Follow Styling: Stepping into your "6"]]></title>
<link>http://artanddancing.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/dance-epiphanies-stepping-into-your-6/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Freitag</dc:creator>
<guid>http://artanddancing.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/dance-epiphanies-stepping-into-your-6/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is something that I have been thinking about a lot lately. I realized that I hadn&#8217;t really been stepping completely into the &#8220;6&#8243; of my basic swingout, or using it for stylings. I was rotating out too quickly and while I was putting my foot down. I hadn&#8217;t really been committing to stepping into my &#8220;6&#8243; as per. the lead&#8217;s direction. How far you can step into your &#8220;6&#8243; is dependent on what the lead, leads you to do &#8211; but I think a lot of follows don&#8217;t think about committing weight to that step and just rush out to the swivels. Yet, what makes the swivels so awesome is the waiting, the unwind, the anticipation that stepping into your &#8220;6&#8243; buys you.</p>
<p>Also, it comes in quite handy for awesome variations! Check out these videos below of <a href="http://www.ilhc.com/instruct_frida.php">Frida</a> at <a href="http://www.ilhc.com/index.php">ILHC</a>.</p>
<p>At :18, Frida steps into her &#8220;6&#8243; position, and does some really cool footwork at the end of her basic.</p>
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<p>At 2:07 she enters with <a href="http://www.ilhc.com/instruct_skye.php">Skye</a> and really uses her "6" for even more variations.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dog of Carnage]]></title>
<link>http://abcityblog.com/2009/12/08/dog-of-carnage/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nycbucky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://abcityblog.com/2009/12/08/dog-of-carnage/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul deals with the aftermath of a dog fight that leaves little Frida wo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>Today on </em>Alphabet City<em>: Jon Paul deals with the aftermath of a dog fight that leaves little Frida wounded.  New excerpt available from <a href="http://wp.me/PGeIL-91">Episode 14: And Baby Makes Three</a>.<br />
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<p>Last week, my foofy six year-old Bichon Frise dog-daughter Frida was roughed up and bitten by a bully named Flavia.  Since I wasn’t present at the incident which happened in the courtyard of my house, details are sketchy.  But from what I gather from our dog walker Andrea, in the blink of an eye, Flavia turned aggressive and sunk her teeth into Frida’s chest.</p>
<p>Angela, who was working from home, heard Frida’s dramatic screams and rushed outside to assist.  Here’s what she told me later, “The entire neighborhood took notice.  Frida’s wailing was like nothing I’ve heard from a dog before.  It was as if someone was being murdered!”</p>
<p>That’s my girl.  A complete Drama Queen.  I’m proud to think she learned it from the best—me.  Not to be all hot pants about it—Frida will be fine.  There was bleeding, a pretty big puncture wound, and late night panic that an infectious fever had set in—I taught myself to take her temperature rectally following Googled instructions.  The next day during a trip to East Village vet Doc Moscovich, Frida re-enacted the crime with her dramatic wailing before he even touched the gash.</p>
<div id="attachment_563" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://abcityblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/photo.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-563" title="photo" src="http://abcityblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/photo.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Frida enjoying her spa-like warm compresses from Papa Chef</p></div>
<p>As if auditioning for a role on <em>Law&#38;Order: CVU (Canine Victim’s Unit),</em> Frida trembles in panic every morning as we walk the streets near Flavia’s apartment.  Yesterday, we spotted the accused and her owner who quickly looked away and shuffled on.  I was astonished—if I had found out Frida had caused such an injury, I would be in touch with the parents immediately offering help for the vet bills, therapy, etc.  I thought about going over to him and inviting him and his co-dog parent over to our house to talk it out.  Suddenly, I realized I was recreating the plot of Broadway’s <em>God of Carnage</em> and casting myself in the role that won Marcia Gay Harden a Tony.  On second thought, I decided to leave it alone—I’d rather my house not end up in ruins like the set of that play.</p>
<p>Twice a day I force feed Frida a horse pill of an antibiotic and insist she wear an Elizabethan collar.  But it’s the prescribed hot towel warm compresses that get me—she won’t sit still for me to administer that old school remedy.  No, that’s a special bonding treat she saves for her Papa Chef.</p>
<p>Just like any child, Frida has her own special relationship with her parents.  In addition to my dramatic flare, Frida has learned the value of a rigorous schedule, and appreciates my love of travel—her first out-of-town trip was to the luxurious L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, of course.  From her Papa Chef, she’s inherited the world’s largest bladder and a sleep gene that’s earned her the title of “Laziest Dog in the World.”</p>
<p>From the very beginning, those two have always had a special bond.  Which is funny, really, because pre-Frida, Chef wasn’t really a dog person.  In fact, I basically hoodwinked him into adopting the little goose.  Here’s another excerpt from <a href="http://wp.me/PGeIL-91">Alphabet City’s Episode 14: And Baby Makes Three</a>—about how a puppy transformed two career-oriented NYC gay guys into doting parents.</p>
<p><a href="http://wp.me/PGeIL-91">CLICK HERE</a> for the second excerpt from <em>Episode 14: And Baby Makes Three</em>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Decadens Party of two, session 3]]></title>
<link>http://absolutelyfabulous.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/decadens-party-of-two-session-3/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>absolutelyfabulous</dc:creator>
<guid>http://absolutelyfabulous.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/decadens-party-of-two-session-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Unretuched http://decadencepartyoftwo.blogspot.com/]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bodyguard]]></title>
<link>http://abcityblog.com/2009/12/04/the-bodyguard/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nycbucky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://abcityblog.com/2009/12/04/the-bodyguard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today on Alphabet City: Kristin Chenoweth and her hunky male Christmas pinup calendar inspires Jon P]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>Today on </em>Alphabet City<em>: Kristin Chenoweth and her hunky male Christmas pinup calendar inspires Jon Paul to reveal more of his cross-country travels with Tyra Banks.  Full <a href="http://wp.me/PGeIL-7l">Episode 5</a> now available.</em></p>
<p>Chef and I decided a few years back that if our little dog Frida were ever an animated character that she would be voiced by singer-actress Kristin Chenoweth.  They both share the same sense of perky spirit and sometimes curls, although I imagine  Kristin has a little more drive—we often refer to Frida as the &#8220;laziest dog in the world.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_543" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://abcityblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/fridaribbonsphoto.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-543" title="Fridaribbonsphoto" src="http://abcityblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/fridaribbonsphoto.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="240" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Frida and Kristin, the resemblance is uncanny</p></div>
<p>So I follow Kristin&#8217;s career with considerable <em>Glee</em> (when is she coming back to my favorite show?), even devouring her memoir <em>A Little Bit Wicked</em>.  Of course I&#8217;ve already set my DVR for this Saturday&#8217;s <em>Lifetime</em> movie &#8220;12 Men of Christmas&#8221; where Kristin stars as A NEW YORK PUBLICIST casting a male pinup calendar!  Alessandra Stanley in today&#8217;s <em>New York Times</em> refers to it as &#8220;a watered-down reworking of Jane Austen&#8217;s famous comedy of manners (call it &#8216;Pride &#38; Pectoral&#8217;).&#8221;  Sign me up!</p>
<p>Remember the literary agent who told me that a publicist wasn&#8217;t a familiar figure in people&#8217;s lives?  Well, I&#8217;m sure Kristin and <em>Lifetime</em> are about to change all that.</p>
<p>But if not, and you&#8217;re still wondering what publicists do, I thought I&#8217;d give you more of the behind-the-scenes tales of book tour with Tyra Banks.  You&#8217;ve seen only a snippet of this story, and if you forgot how I landed the job with the supermodel then you should probably read <a href="http://wp.me/PGeIL-4j">Episode 4</a> first.  Then delve into Alphabet City&#8217;s <a href="http://wp.me/PGeIL-7l">Episode 5: The Bodyguard</a>.</p>
<p>As I was reading the chapter this morning, the non-stop cross-country travel reminded me of George Clooney&#8217;s character in the new film <em>Up in the Air</em>.  Would the suave Oscar-winning actor be the right choice to play me in the <em>Alphabet City</em> movie?  Nah, I&#8217;d probably ask Frida&#8217;s permission to let Emmy-winner Kristin Chenoweth step into the role—she may be the wrong sex, but the attitude is all right.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tokio Hotel answers FRIDAs weird questions.]]></title>
<link>http://angiezz483.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/tokio-hotel-answers-fridas-weird-questions/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>angiezz483</dc:creator>
<guid>http://angiezz483.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/tokio-hotel-answers-fridas-weird-questions/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Who in Tokio Hotel sing in the shower, who got the worst morningtemper and what really happened with]]></description>
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what really happened with Tom’s dreadlocks? You will find the weird answers here!</p>
<p>What would you have been working with if you weren’t in Tokio Hotel?<br />
Bill: We would have been unemployed musicians.<br />
Tom: I would also consider myself to be a lazy policeofficer.</p>
<p>Bill, how much time and money do you spend on your hair?<br />
Bill: It takes maximum 10 mins on the morning. How much money I spend? Pretty normal I think, not very much. It depends on how much it cost at the hairdresser, a few hundred Euros. Otherwise I actually only use hairspray.</p>
<p>Tom, what happened with your dreadlocks?<br />
Tom: One beautiful day they got ripped out of my head. Now they are sold to a maximum bid on e-bay!<br />
Haha, okey..? And how did this happened?<br />
Tom: I can’t say, it’s not very nice. Nah, I just wanted to get rid of the heavy weight on my head! Get abit easier on the head as well.<br />
Georg: Ever since he even manage to speak in full sentences… Haha.</p>
<p>What are your worst habits?<br />
Bill: Im awake too long during the nights and then I drink too much coffee.<br />
Tom: I also drink too much coffee. One new bad habit is that I sleep to long when I have a day off!<br />
Georg: That I often forget about the time and are late.<br />
Tom: Georg forget to take a shower sometimes too. It’s unpleasant for the rest of us.<br />
Gustav: I tease.</p>
<p>If you were girls for one day, what would you do?<br />
(everybody laughs hysterical)<br />
Tom: There are so many things… So many things…<br />
Bill: We only think about dirty stuff! I only know horrible stuff, haha. I would like to try as much as possible.<br />
Tom: If I were a girl for a day I would try to sleep with Tom Kaulitz.<br />
Georg: We all can relate to that… We would try that too, haha!</p>
<p>How does the perfect Saturday morning look like?<br />
Tom: Being interviewed in Sweden!<br />
Haha. Come on.<br />
Tom: Yeah! Interview with FRIDA!<br />
Don’t you like to party?<br />
Bill: We barley go out. We usually stay home in the house, watching DVDs and eating chips and such stuff.</p>
<p>Who got the worst morningtemper?<br />
Georg: I do. I hate people who are happy during the mornings.<br />
Tom: We all hate it, that’s why we play in a band, haha.</p>
<p>Who got the best sense of humour?<br />
Bill: It must be Georg.<br />
Tom: Yes, but that’s involuntarily.<br />
Georg: Yeah, that’s what you think…</p>
<p>Who is most organized?<br />
Tom: I am!<br />
Bill: Yes, he truly is.</p>
<p>Who spend most money on clothes?<br />
All: Bill!</p>
<p>Who sings the most in the shower?<br />
Bill: That must be me. All day!<br />
Tom: It’s annoying.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Laying summary - November]]></title>
<link>http://chookenz.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/laying-summary-november-2/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chookenz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chookenz.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/laying-summary-november-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another month of good egg output – of course it would be, given that we wormed the girls this month,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Another month of good egg output – of course it would be, given that we wormed the girls this month, ahead of moving them back into the <a href="accomodation/the-loft-style-apartment/" target="_self">LSA</a>. The withholding period for the worming meds means that eggs are not fit for human consumption for a couple of weeks, so they have been piling up in the fridge. We figure it&#8217;s OK to cook them up and feed them back to the girls, so they&#8217;ve been doing alright out of it!</p>
<p>Until the 20th of the month Venus laid every day, so was looking odds on for the Golden Cloaca award. But she missed a couple of days and it looked like <a href="2008/11/01/venus-loses-the-plot-again/" target="_self">flaky-Venus</a> was back. Frida was poised to overtake her, but Venus hung in there and made it to 25 eggs for the month &#8211; a winning total. Frida was second on 22, then Ella and Neroli on 19. Lily &#38; Bessie squeezed them out as steadily as ever and ended up with 18 and 17 respectively.</p>
<p><a href="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/eggs-nov09.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2194" title="Eggs - Nov09" src="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/eggs-nov09.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="246" /></a></p>
<p>At the other send of the scale, Poppy managed 13, which is actually amazingly good, considering her <a href="2009/11/10/poppy-–-the-drama-continues/" target="_self">traumatic month</a>. She came back in to lay after her travails on the 20th and laid 9 eggs in the last 11 days of the month. Claire continued her low output and ended up with just 10. A total of 143 eggs for the month, down just 4 on <a href="2009/11/08/laying-summary-october/" target="_self">last month</a>.</p>
<p>In December we can expect a drop in production &#8211; partly due to Murphy&#8217;s Law (because the eggs will be edible again in a few days) and partly because we expect a few more to go broody as the weather warms up, as well as them just losing steam a bit after laying steadily through spring.</p>
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<link>http://equmeniarekryterare.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/lyckebokyrkans-ungdomscafe-eller-vad-det-nu-kommer-att-heta/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Igår kväll var jag och Sofia i Storvreta för andra gången för att planera deras satsning på ett musi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Igår kväll var jag och Sofia i Storvreta för andra gången för att planera deras satsning på ett musikcafé för ungdomar, som kommer att starta till våren. De är väldigt taggade på detta och har kontaktat både Svenska kyrkan i Storvreta, Bilda, Nattvandrarna och den lokala fritidsgården för att så många som möjligt ska veta vad som är på gång. Nu börjar kvällarna att ta form och folk ska tillfrågas om uppgifter, band bokas, fika köpas in med mera med mera. Ungdomarna ska informeras. Ett namn på cafét ska bestämmas. Det är lite oklart hur mycket vi ska vara med i allt detta, men det är hursomhelst en stor satsning med ett bra syfte; att bredda kyrkans verksamhet för att nå ännu fler ungdomar!</p>
<p>//Frida</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Autorretrato]]></title>
<link>http://loliregueira.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/autorretrato/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[El autorretrato es uno de los ejercicios de análisis más profundos que puede hacer un artista. Impli]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em> <strong>E</strong>l autorretrato es uno de los ejercicios de análisis más profundos que puede hacer un artista. Implica escrutarse el rostro y conocerse hasta tal punto que la expresión que tenga en ese momento se traduzca en el dibujo o la pintura que aborda. En épocas pictóricas como el barroco o el renacimiento, una de las costumbres era que el artista se autorretratara dentro de un gran cuadro, para reafirmar su autoría o para dar a entender sus intenciones, como lo hizo Velázquez.</em></p>
<p><em>Un autorretrato no necesariamente implica un género realista. Tampoco implica necesariamente el término asociado a la pintura. Existe como recurso literario, muy próximo a la prosopografía y la etopeya</em>.</p>
<p>Fuente: La wikipedia, enciclopedia libre<br />
<a href="http://loliregueira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/autorretrato.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33" title="autorretrato" src="http://loliregueira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/autorretrato.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="229" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Autorretrato,  técnica mixta sobre lienzo, 117 x 90 cm</p>
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<link>http://bienprecioso.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/precioseando-la-city/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bien Precioso</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[El sábado pasado fui a ver una peli de esas blanconegro de los cincuenta en el Monumento a la Rev, p]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Frida]]></title>
<link>http://picadinhoderoteiro.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/frida/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thiagojd</dc:creator>
<guid>http://picadinhoderoteiro.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/frida/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tina Modotti (Ashley Judd) faz um discurso no casamento de seus amigos Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) e D]]></description>
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<p>Tina Modotti (Ashley Judd) faz um discurso no casamento de seus amigos Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) e Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina).  Livro: Hayden Herrera  Roteiro: Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava e Anna Thomas.</p>
<p><strong>Tina Modotti</strong> – Não acredito no casamento. Não mesmo. Preciso deixar isso claro. No mínimo, é um ato político hostil, um modo como homens medíocres mantêm a mulher em casa e fora do caminho à guisa da tradição e  do conservadorismo religioso. No melhor, é só uma bela ilusão: duas pessoas que se amam e que nem imaginam o quanto farão um ao outro infeliz. Mas&#8230; quando duas pessoas sabem disso e decidem, de olhos bem abertos, enfrentar um ao outro e se casar mesmo assim, então não acho que seja conservador, nem ilusório. É sim um ato radical, corajoso e muito romântico.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Living in New York? See and Hear Sony Ericsson at Web 2.0 EXPO]]></title>
<link>http://jjlifeblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/living-in-new-york-see-and-hear-sony-ericsson-at-web-2-0-expo/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JJ</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jjlifeblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/living-in-new-york-see-and-hear-sony-ericsson-at-web-2-0-expo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, if you&#8217;re in New York, you can see the latest phones from Sony Ericsson such as Xperia X2]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EXTRA - meglio tardi che mai™]]></title>
<link>http://emigrationfordummies.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/extra-meglio-tardi-che-mai%e2%84%a2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nevermore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://emigrationfordummies.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/extra-meglio-tardi-che-mai%e2%84%a2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ciao, sono tornato. Dov&#8217;ero? In Italia. Innamorato. Ora sono qui e presto finisco di raccontar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ciao, sono tornato. Dov&#8217;ero? In Italia. Innamorato. Ora sono qui e presto finisco di raccontarvi di New York, finalmente. Meglio tardi che mai. Contenti?</p>
<div id="attachment_1186" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1186 " title="clutched°bokeh" src="http://emigrationfordummies.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/clutchedc2b0bokeh.jpg" alt="clutched°bokeh" width="480" height="720" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Io e Frida ❤. Photo ⓒ 2009 notoca.deviantart.com</p></div>
<p>Vi racconto una fiaba moderna, di quelle che fanno commuovere la parte romantica che sta nascosta nell&#8217;armadio del vostro cuore disincantato di abitanti del ventunesimo secolo. Sì, una di quelle cose da film che succedono solo ad altri o di cui leggete e vedete le vicende su internet o al cinema quando su Torrent si trova solo la versione con audio brutto : &#124;</p>
<p>Sono arrivato a New York agli inizi di agosto con un atteggiamento realmente disincantato verso la vita ed una specie di delusione bruciante per una pseudorelazione sbagliata e tutto quello che consegue. Non che fossi depresso, intendiamoci: avevo appena vinto una borsa di studio ed un nuovo continente si apriva davanti a me. Ero giusto girato di palle perché quella che al tempo pensavo fosse La persona importante per me era uscita dalla mia vita dalla porta di servizio senza una vera discussione. Vi è mai successo? Spero di no.</p>
<p>Comunque, New York: la metropoli, le luci, le giornate da 20 ore, uscire, l&#8217;università, i dolla, ancora luci, traffico, metro, wooh, tutto fighissimo e di colpo mi sono trovato ad essere il piccolo centro caldo del mondo. Di giorno stavo all&#8217;università, la sera posti nuovi  e  gente curiosa ed ero sempre su di giri e piano piano la delusione per la pseudorelazione è andata a morire.  Meglio tardi che mai.</p>
<p>L&#8217;unica notte di pioggia di agosto, il 22 per la precisione, quando l&#8217;ultimo film di Tarantino si è affacciato all&#8217;Empire sulla 42^, ci siamo incontrati per la prima volta. Al tempo ho pensato solo &#8220;ehi, simpatica&#8221; e quando le ho lasciato la mia felpa per evitare che morisse cristallizzata nel megacinema surgelante non c&#8217;era nessun intento di abbordaggio. Era giusto l&#8217;amica del mio amico Blake in visita dall&#8217;Italia ed una delle persone più affascinanti che abbia mai conosciuto. Provare per credere.</p>
<p>Il racconto della serata lo potete avere sia dal <a href="http://emigrationfordummies.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/extra-inglourious-basterds/" target="_blank">mio</a> punto di vista che dal <a href="http://ninetwofivetwo.splinder.com/post/21165737" target="_blank">suo</a>. Sì perché la signorina blogga. Dannatamente bene, tra l&#8217;altro. E fotografa pure, come avrete modo di vedere se seguite l&#8217;ultimo link. Ma andiamo con ordine.</p>
<p>È estate, sono a New York, sto vivendo con disincanto e decadenza tanto che non penso di avere niente più a cui appassionarmi realmente e di colpo ho un flash di &#8220;wow&#8221; e poi riparte e non ci vediamo più e rimango lievemente sognante. Fortunatamente per lo svolgimento della fiaba moderna, qui nel ventunesimo secolo siamo tutti dotati di sistemi di messaggistica istantanea e, un po&#8217; coi blog, un po&#8217; per email, un po&#8217; via skype io e <a href="http://emigrationfordummies.wordpress.com/bio/frida-photographer/" target="_blank">la bella e misteriosa viaggiatrice, blogger e fotografa</a> abbiamo continuato a sentirci e parlare parlare parlare scoprendo che &#8220;wow, è wow&#8221;. Non c&#8217;è stato bisogno di consultare specchi magici ed oracoli nel bosco. Ed avremmo fatto volentieri a meno anche degli gnomi malvagi che tramano nelle tenebre.</p>
<p>Sì, perché in ogni fiaba che si rispetti c&#8217;è qualcuno che ordisce contro i protagonisti, che comunque sono troppo fighi e si amano ed alla fine ci sono il lieto fine con la luce radiosa, uccellini e tutta quella roba fastidiosissima per le persone antipatiche che ci godono quando le storie finiscono male. Crepate, stronzi.</p>
<p>Facciamola breve: a New York mi sono divertito tantissimo, ho conosciuto tante persone (anche biblicamente) ed ho mandato in pensione la mia vecchia vita e le preoccupazioni e l&#8217;atteggiamento da ex romantico disincantato affogandolo nel degrado creativo (cose &#8216;e pazzi, amici miei. Vi dirò un giorno davanti ad un bicchierino.) eppure avevo sempre in testa l&#8217;idea fissa che una volta tornato in Italia avrei messo tutto via e focalizzato ogni attenzione su quella persona che mi aveva stregato. E così ho fatto. Non senza difficoltà, in effetti.</p>
<p>Ho smesso da tempo con l&#8217;idea di &#8220;sedurre&#8221; qualcuno: è una stronzata. Se qualcuno ti piace per qualche motivo glielo dici e se c&#8217;è qualche interesse, per come sei, ok. Se devi sbatterti per mostrarti diversamente per sedurre qualcuno stai sbagliando qualcosa. O lo sbaglio lo sta facendo l&#8217;altra persona a darti retta. Tuttavia ci vuole il contesto giusto. Mica puoi telefonare a qualcuno e dire semplicemente &#8220;Ciao, ti trovo interessante, vuoi farmi due gemelli?&#8221; perché come minimo l&#8217;altra persona sparisce e nella peggiore delle ipotesi ti trovi pure una segnalazione in questura.</p>
<p>Per creare la mia situazione ideale sono tornato dall&#8217;America un giorno prima rispetto ai piani originali, sbarcando in un aeroporto lontano ed organizzando dal niente una MegaFesta for Dummies in un appartamento in cui non avevo mai messo piede prima senza avvertire adeguatamente gli attuali inquilini che mi hanno (direi anche giustamente) odiato per via delle centinaia, tra persone e bifolchi, che hanno attraversato quelle stanze la notte del 17 Ottobre. Qualcuno di voi c&#8217;era e magari si ricorda di me. Qualcunaltro magari invece c&#8217;era pure, però di me non ha visto neppure una traccia.</p>
<p>Dicevo, quando ti interessa qualcuno non hai che da dirlo. Effettivamente invitare milioni di persone ad una festa enorme e poi non considerarle per dedicare tutta l&#8217;attenzione alla persona desiderata può aiutare a far risaltare l&#8217;importanza dell&#8217;interesse. O forse no, comunque quando incontri la persona che ti rende tachicardico solo a guardarla e che si incastra perfettamente come l&#8217;altra metà della mela di Platone (l&#8217;avete mai letto il Simposio? Leggevatelo) o come un gatto tra le gambe incrociate, l&#8217;unico modo che hai per fare breccia nel suo cuore è mettere giù tutte le armi, i trucchi, le strategie etc ed entrare dalla porta principale con un sorriso salutando e dicendo le cose come stanno. Sì, le buone maniere pagano. L&#8217;ho imparato ora. Meglio tardi che mai.</p>
<p>Ok, la parte dolce è questa: quando sei gggiovane e non hai avuto modo di vivere e vedere e provare e prendere le musate e tutto non sai quanto possa essere vero quando pensi &#8220;ok, amo questa persona&#8221;. È veramente importante aver provato di tutto per poter essere sicuro che la persona che hai di fronte, finalmente, che ti vede esattamente come tu vedi lei e che sente le stesse cose è La persona giusta. Io sono la persona più fortunata sulla terra, o almeno mi sento tale. E mi ci voleva un po&#8217; di fortuna. Come ho ripetuto già mille volte oggi, meglio tardi che mai. Dato che stai leggendo in questo momento aggiungo anche un messaggio per te: Ti Amo ❤.</p>
<p>Non ho scritto in queste settimane perché ero un attimo preso a riconfigurare la mia vita. Avrei un sacco da raccontare, ma preferisco farlo di persona ed in compagnia, così potete anche capire meglio ciò di cui parlo. Sabato ho fatto il primo dei passi che mi riporteranno in America l&#8217;anno prossimo, per ora sto tra Pisa e Firenze a cercare di laurearmi e sperimentare uno stile di vita tutto nuovo. Sarò in Sardegna la settimana prossima e conto di fare un po&#8217; di viaggi random in Europa da qui a maggio. Ovviamente accompagnato. Se qualcuno avesse voglia di barattare ospitalità per buona compagnia frizzante non ha che da dirmelo. Portiamo anche gioia e felicità. Gli uccellini però li lasciamo a casa, la Disney ci ha citati per plagio.</p>
<p>Lucha ha già rispolverato il concorso di ricerche buffe sui motori di ricerca ed a breve tornerà il FantaFotoConcorso con<a href="http://mondoailati.unical.it/didattica/archivi/easyup0405/upload/VeronicaDonato_sbirulino.jpg" target="_blank"> una sorpresa</a>. Dovremmo avere anche pronti alcuni altri nuovi autori da varie parti del mondo e se tutto va bene anche io vi scriverò qualcosa per aggiornarvi sullo stato della mia (nostra) emigrazione imminente. Non è mai troppo tardi per farsi un&#8217;infanzia felice. All&#8217;estero. Insieme.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/OZtQh5EIgWQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/OZtQh5EIgWQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>PS &#8211; ho trovato ieri notte un log esilarante sul mio mac. Vi aggiorno presto, restate sintonizzati. L&#8217;avessi trovato lo scorso inverno ci sarebbe stato veramente da ridere. Meglio tardi che mai.</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bien Precioso</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Para quien todavía no se entere del festival de este fin. Si eres uno de esos aficionados animadores]]></description>
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<link>http://bienprecioso.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/que-precioso-seria-vivir-en-un-mundo-de-libros-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://txlonestargal.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/dia-de-los-muertos-day-of-the-dead-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I wish they would have a class in Dia de los Muertos art.&nbsp; Love this mask! Also I want to know ]]></description>
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<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">I wish they would have a class in Dia de los Muertos art.&#160; Love this mask! Also I want to know why Frida is a popular theme for Dia de los Muertos Artwork.&#160; You can see her photo in the top part of the painting.&#160; Does anyone know?&#160; I know she was a famous Mexican Artist, but don&#8217;t know why she is always featured in the Day of the Dead artwork.&#160; </div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">I wish they would have a class in Dia de los Muertos art.&#160; Love this mask! Also I want to know why Frida is a popular theme for Dia de los Muertos Artwork.&#160; You can see her photo in the top part of the painting.&#160; Does anyone know?&#160; I know she was a famous Mexican Artist, but don&#8217;t know why she is always featured in the Day of the Dead artwork.&#160; </div>
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<link>http://equmeniarekryterare.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/ladda-packa-tagga-norrland/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>equmenia</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Idag är det dags! Efter en alldeles för lång tid med få föreningsbesök ska jag och Sofia påbörja vår]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Idag är det dags! Efter en alldeles för lång tid med få föreningsbesök ska jag och Sofia påbörja vår &#8220;turné&#8221; längs norrlandskusten. Första stoppet är Härnösand. Väskan är i princip färdigpackad och det som kan förberedas är förberett.</p>
<p>Det blir något färre besök än vad som var tanken från början. De besök vi ska göra känns dock spännande och roliga, och de som inte känner sig redo för besök nu har vi i alla fall fått en kontakt med inför våren!</p>
<p>Vissa föreningar väntar vi på slutgiltigt besked från i veckan, så än vet vi inte exakt vilka stopp som kommer att göras när. Men det kommer bli bra. Rapportering kommer när vi får tid! Vi ska vara borta ca en och en halv vecka så det ska nog hinnas med lite bloggande också&#8230;</p>
<p>//Frida</p>
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<link>http://chookenz.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/frida-returns-to-the-flock/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken a while, but (touch wood) Frida is now safely reintegrated back into the flock. We ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/frida-and-bessie-stop-pillaging-to-consult-stewart-19102009.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2127" style="border:1px solid black;margin:3px 7px;" title="Frida and Bessie stop pillaging to consult Stewart 19102009" src="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/frida-and-bessie-stop-pillaging-to-consult-stewart-19102009.jpg?w=257" alt="Frida and Bessie stop pillaging to consult Stewart 19102009" width="180" height="210" /></a>It&#8217;s taken a while, but (touch wood) Frida is now safely reintegrated back into the flock. We <a href="/2009/10/11/birthday-cake-broodiness-and-reintroduction/">took our time to do it</a> – lots of supervised interaction with a selected few other hens out of the lawn. Frida suddenly decided that she didn&#8217;t want to fight Neroli, and so that was sorted. (Frida now below Neroli in the pecking order, but above Lily. Swings and roundabouts, I guess.) Poppy and Ella were the main problem – still being extremely aggressive towards her, and meeting with enthusiastic reciprocal aggression from Frida. Sigh!</p>
<p>When <a href="/2009/10/23/it-had-to-happen/">Poppy</a> and <a href="/2009/10/26/ella-eggs-a-seasonal-delicacy/">Ella</a> both went broody within a day or so of each other, we decided to simplify our lives and put the broody girls in the nestless end run, and let Bessie and Frida go back to the main flock. And it worked! Frida marched straight into the WG house, and laid an egg in the nestbox as though she&#8217;d never been anywhere else. Had no trouble hopping up to the perch at night – we&#8217;d put plenty of bedding down on the floor so she could sleep down there if she wanted, but she didn&#8217;t. And was first out the door the next morning. There&#8217;s the odd peck from Neroli, but Frida just grumbles and gets on with things.</p>
<p>We had a suspicion that some of Ella and Poppy&#8217;s aggro might be due to their über-broody state. So they were each given small amounts of supervised <a href="/2009/10/19/living-garden-art/">lawn time</a> with Frida (thus providing space to escape each other whilst building an association between being nice to each other and having good things – garden time – happen to them). And, sure enough, the day before Poppy laid her first egg back, she decided that she <em>didn&#8217;t</em> want to fight, and conceded superiority to Frida without so much as a hackle. (Hooray!) And today Ella spent a couple of hours outside with all the girls together, and was no more aggressive to Frida than she was to anyone else. (Huzzah!!) For the curious – yes, Ella laid her first egg back yesterday.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll keep a close eye on things, and probably have Ella and Venus sleep away from the main flock for a few days yet – the biggest pressure, pecking-order-wise, is at bedtimes and first thing in the morning, when they&#8217;re in close confinement. But (fingers crossed) it&#8217;s looking good. Frida hops and skips at least as fast as the others run, and seems to be happy and pain-free.</p>
<p>I think we can call this one a victory.</p>
<p><a href="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/reintroducing-frida.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2111" style="border:1px solid black;margin:3px 7px;" title="reintroducing Frida" src="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/reintroducing-frida.jpg?w=300" alt="reintroducing Frida" width="210" height="141" /></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been another good month of laying, as you&#8217;d expect this time of year, although with]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It&#8217;s been another good month of laying, as you&#8217;d expect this time of year, although with some spring-broodiness starting to appear in the flock now. Venus was <a href="/2009/10/11/birthday-cake-…reintroduction/">first to go</a>, taking 11 days off in mid-month, but still managing 16 eggs in total. <a href="/2009/10/26/ella-eggs-a-seasonal-delicacy/">Ella</a> and <a href="/2009/10/23/it-had-to-happen/">Poppy</a> then went broody towards month-end, dropping them back to 15 and 18 eggs each respectively. But this has been easily the longest period of laying for Poppy without going broody.</p>
<p>Claire keeps popping them out every second day, pretty much like clockwork, and ended up with 14, while Bessie plodded on with 17. However the best performers were the three Dorking girls, with Lily on 20, Neroli on 22 and Frida taking Golden Cloaca Award this month with 25. (No sharing with Poppy and Venus like <a href="/2009/10/03/laying-summary-september/" target="_self">last month</a>!) Here&#8217;s the graph:</p>
<p><a href="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/eggs-oct09.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2170" title="Eggs Oct09" src="http://chookenz.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/eggs-oct09.jpg?w=300" alt="Eggs Oct09" width="300" height="246" /></a></p>
<p>So 147 eggs for the month – actually one better than last month. This means we have had consistent surpluses of eggs of late, so have been selling and bartering a few dozen here and there. It&#8217;s the girls way of contributing to their feed bill!</p>
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