Sunday Stills ~ Winter Pics

 

 

This week’s Sunday Stills Challenge is to go back in our archives and pull out some winter photos to share, with the thought being that, since it’s summer, these photos will cool us off. That would have been true about a week ago, but our New Mexico Summer Monsoons have arrived and cooled us off, and now we’re enjoying glorious cooler temps in the lower 60s-upper 70’s up here in our mountains above 7,000 ft elevation.

But I’m a good sport and it’s always fun to look back and enjoy our memories through the photos we take. So, here’s my contribution:

My chickens checking out their new cold, white world.

My Apache mare, making her way through the deep, powdery snow.

 

 

 

A Bird on the Arm is Worth………..

 

It never fails. As soon as I sit down outside, a chicken or two will jump up and perch on my arm or my lap.

The Victoria’s Chicken Catalog

 

At the request of Ed from Thoughts from the Road Blog that I do more frequent posts that include my chickens, I have come up with some chicken eye candy for him (and everyone) to enjoy. I introduce to you for your viewing pleasure:

The Victoria’s Chicken Catalog

Why is it that only tall, skinny, half-naked beauties get all the attention?

These buxom, feather bottomed, curvaceous beaked hens can rock the runway and look sexy, too!

  

 

Just look at the curves on this beautiful lady! And she knows how to wear a little sparkle and bling, too!

These pretty ladies spend hours making sure every last feather, fluff and curl are just perfect…and they love to show it all off!

Doesn’t this girl look beautiful in her soft, fluffy angora sweater?

 

This gorgeous lady is quite exotic looking.

 

Hey, it’s Twins!

 

Oh my! And Triplets, too!

 

And a whole flock of Bathing Beauties!

 

This diva sure knows how to show off her sexy bed head.

 

And yes, blondes really do have more fun!

 

This older lady still looks lovely in all of her sparkle and bling!

 

This hot babe is sleek, dark and sexy! 

 

This fun chick is showing off her gorgeous wavy locks with a few flippy, flirty accents.

 

Sometimes the ladies like to leave a little something to the imagination.

 

This diva sure knows how to show off her Bette Davis bedroom eyes. “Hey there Sexy!”

And a fluffy, swishy, puffy bottom says it all….sexy!

 

I hope you enjoyed our very first edition of Victoria’s Chicken Catalog!

Broken Four-Wheel Drive

 

On Christmas Day my kidlets ran upstairs to tell me that one of our chickens was stuck in the snow. I thought to myself, “No big deal. I’m sure a chicken can get herself out of some snow by hopping, flapping, or something”.

My kidlets said, “Hurry! She’s really stuck and can’t get out. She needs your help, Mama!”

I went downstairs and immediately looked out the sliding glass doors in our living room and saw Sarah, one of our Speckled Sussex hens, out in the deep snow. Poor girl. Yep she was stuck.

I have no idea why she would venture out that far into the deep snow, and leave the safety of the coop and the shoveled clear path to the house, but poor Sarah had hit a snow wall. She was literally wedged into the snow, and could not move.

I pulled my boots on and hurried outside and rescued Sarah from the snow. She cooed and clucked and just seemed very relieved to have me scoop her up out of her snowy restraints.

In the future, our chickens had better make sure their four-wheel drive gear is working before they ever try that again.

‘Twas Two Days Before Christmas

 

 

‘Twas two days before Christmas and outside of my house, the snow was falling as quietly as a mouse, 

The chickens were tucked into their house with care,

 In hopes that the morning would find them all alive in there.

When out on the snow there arose such a clatter,

I grabbed my camera to take photos that matter.

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But five clucking chickens, and a pile of snow, right up to here!  

 

The daylight revealed another two feet of snow

And weighted down branches that hung very low.

 

More slower than turtles and the pinto horse came.

And I whistled, and shouted, and called her by name:

Now Apache Mare! Come when I call!

To the bucket of hay, it’s time to eat all!

 

“Don’t mind if do. Nom, Nom Nom”

Five more furred critters, Yum, Yum, Yum! 

So six hungry mouths chew, bah, hum and neigh,

While their bellies fill up with tasty hay.

 

As I turned around, there in the snow, she was found!

And she was struggling and making a grunting sound.

She was dressed in a jacket with snow above her knee,

 

And I must confess, she did not look happy.

Her dog Zuni ran to and fro,

Not sure which direction to go. 

For the deep snow, Zuni has a knack,

Until it is almost as high as her back.

Her eyes how they vanished! Her canines how sharp!

Her ears were like antennae, her voice was a bark.

My daughter arrived with a smile so big,

I knew that the snow, she would help us dig.

 

A wink of my eye and a twist of my head

Soon gave you to know you have nothing to dread.

And then in a twinkling, I heard my daughter from the roof

 

Santa needs to bring the Tooth Fairy, because I lost a toof!

 

 

But there in the snow, I saw my neighbor Val’s car was stuck!

 

And look! Help is near in the form of a truck.

 

The nice driver he pulled her car from the snow,

And then he came over to my driveway to plow!

This kind fellow plowed with his truck, to help make sure we won’t get stuck.

And when he was through we heard heard him say,

 

Please! No more snow! Just bring me hay!

 

Happy Christmas to all and Hip Hip Hooray!