Tales from the Raven

My words are all taken with writing projects, so you’re getting pics instead.  Consider it my 1,000 word gift of eye candy to tie you over til your Friday comes. The parrots who are the cause of all the trouble.  If in doubt, blame the parrots. The lucky blueberry surprise–I could’ve sworn this pot was taken [...]

The roses are blooming, the bees are buzzing, and we topped out at 90 degrees today.  Sounds like a good time to curl up for a nap, right? Well, you might want to hold on to your tail!  I think we’re officialy flown past spring and are hurtling toward summer at about, oh, 90 miles an hour!  And that seems [...]

Friday the thirteenth is always one of my favorite days.  It just feels like anything should be possible, you know?  Kind of like a blue moon actually taking place.  But in order for such a wondrous day to occur, there has to be a bit of quirky in the week building up to it. I [...]

Gooey nutty pies, gorgeous peanut butter mousse, molten peanut butter cake, darling peanut butter pops, and of course, anything made with the classic peanut butter cookie. I’m sure it looks gorgeous to you, but it makes me want to gag.  Literally. There’s no getting away from peanuts, no matter how hard I try.  That was the [...]

Sometimes it feels as if we run through our days just one step ahead of a very hungry dragon.  He feeds on the stuff of life–time, love, laughter, tears–and if we ever slow down he will feed on us, too.  Once in awhile we turn and face the dragon.  With great daring, we fight him back and win ourselves a [...]

After our last trip to the St. Louis zoo, the kids were really begging for some flippery friends in tuxedos, but I held firm.  Or, I thought I did.  Then our Black Copper Marans chicks showed up today, and I wondered if they’d somehow slipped their penguin chicks past me! This guy is still deciding who he is.  [...]

Maybe it’s the fire, cause we all know I’m a pyro.  Maybe it’s the ability to fly, or their grace and beauty, but I’ve always loved dragons.  That I was born in the year of the dragon was my very first birthday gift, and has the added benefit of making me destined for greatness! lol [...]

It’s just too cold for lemonade!  So what is a sensible person to do? If you’re a dog, you tear into a giant snow ball. If you’re a guinea, you fly into the highest tree and stay there. If you’re a girl, you make a snowman with super-sonic spikey eyes. And if you’re me?  You make hot chocolate! Happy [...]

Having given birth to two kids, you’d think I’d know how to wait patiently and gracefully for baby’s arrival. Nope. Our first home-grown silkie chick pipped (broke the shell) yesterday morning around 6:00am, but then proceeded to do absolutely nothing.  After many long hours of nothing–she rocked her egg a bit.  Then she started peeping distressingly, [...]

Those of you who know what a night owl I am are probably choking on you coffee or OJ. Sorry.  I’ll give you a minute. But I’m actually discovering a few morning joys…and it’s nice!  First, there’s the sunrise thing–did you guys know the sun comes up all big and pretty in the morning?  That it [...]