NEW CHICKEN WITH SCARF PAINTINGS IN THE COOP !

PARTY time in the COOP ! 

It is MONDAY, the SUN is out and 

the GIRLZ have made themselves PRETTY for the OCCASION and 

are READY to play in the SNOW !

6 different little 6"x6" ORIGINAL paintings
$45 each FREE shipping to US and Canada ($10 elsewhere) !
Up for ADOPTION in my ETSY shop !
Click HERE to meet them !

My GIRLZ aren't NO liars !

The GIRLZ have left the BUILDING ... 

A SURE sign that SPRING is right around the CORNER ... 

Even if MONSIEUR winter PROMISED to hit us tomorrow with a SNOW storm that could last a FULL week ... 

Sometimes, he's SO full of it ... And my GIRLZ aren't NO liars !

DROOOOOOOOOLING time ...

This is my FAVORITE drooling time of the YEAR ...

Trying to CONTROL myself here ... Just too many TEMPTING seed and poultry CATALOGS ... I feel like KID browing through the SEARS toys catalog BEFORE Christmas ...

But I MUST keep in mind that I can NOT grow EVERY single kind of tomatoes, hot peppers, morning glories OR zinnias UNLESS we TRANSFORM our place into a BOTANICAL garden ...

And I can NOT incubate a DOZEN eggs of each CHICKEN breed UNLESS I open a public petting ZOO ...

A PAIR of spring-is-almost-here SURPRISES !

After spending a LOOOOOONG day at the HOSPITAL with my PAPA for tests and MORE tests, I came back HOME at sunset to a pair of BIG it's-almost-spring SURPRISES ... 

For the FIRST time in THREE months, the weather was WARM enough to let the door of the COOP open for the GIRLZ and ... The SAP in the trees is RUNNING ! It's MAPLE-syrup making TIME again ! 

YAY !

My new CHICKEN secretary ...

I have been very BUZZY lately working NON-STOP on commissioned PAINTINGS, print ORDERS and clay SCULPTURES lately ... 

SO I am VERY thankful for my new SECRETARY who can reply to MESSAGES, type one HUNDRED pecks a minute and knows HOW to prepare a PEFECT cup of COFFEE ...

A line of STARS ...

A line of STARS stamped in the SNOW 
Four-toe FOOTPRINTS in a ROW
Too early for a SPRING SHOW
This, my girls KNOW ...


OH !

But a single CROW
This morning flew very LOW
Screaming at us HELLO !
Hey, FELLOWS !
Don't be so MELLOW !
Soon the GRASS will turn to green from YELLOW 

When you LIVE in Québec ...

When you live in Québec, IF you are open-minded, you are VERY lucky LANGUAGE-wise ...

Although the province is 81% FRANCOPHONE, English is VERY present and part of our daily lives, therefore easy to learn ... Same for ANGLOPHONES wishing to learn FRENCH ... And it is quite NATURAL to become BILINGUAL, if you WANT too of course ... Then if you are even MORE aware of the MULTI-ETHNICITY surrounding you, especially in LARGE cities and interested in communicating with the WORLD, you can EASILY pick up a THIRD language ...

I was born in a FRENCH-speaking family, learned ENGLISH at school and through reading, working and traveling to the US ... Then I fell in love with SPANISH through friends and music and multiple adventures in Mexico ... This morning, the POSTMAN brought me a belated SURPRISE gift from my friend Monique ... And when I unwrapped it, I started LAUGHING ... Now, I have NO excuse NOT to become PERFECTLY fluent in CHICKEN dialect too ... What a GRRRRRRRREAT and AMUSING book !