white onions, black slate, tomatoes in a crockery bowl on an oak table with hen – photographs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 white onions, black slate, tomatoes in a crockery bowl on an oak table with hen 

 

Hen image from the cover of Chickens The essential Guide by Suzie Baldwin, Photographs by Christian Barnett, published by Kyle Books 2012 London.

In my opinion a very very excellent book on hens and all things hennish.

Nick Drake Yoga

 

Last night watched the fog roll in. Light enough, it was that near full moon and every Orion star shown through. The frost followed hard. Its animation audible and all moving across the lawn.

 

This morning the world still silvery and crunchy. Sorted out the hens. Made offerings to the wild birds. Messed about in the kitchen; dishes, laundry, porridge. Cleaned out the ashes. Got a fire going; turf, hedgerow cuttings  a few lumps of coal. Then gathered survival supplies – mat, pens, paper, laptop, orange, nettle tea. Retreat. Set up the barricades.

Sanctuary is this sitting room with its now blazing fire.

(clothes of sand by nick drake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6PfDsYVjA 

 

 

merry xmass

merry xmas