They're everywhere. The roosters start crowing way too early in the morning. But then, we are usually up and gone so early that we aren't bothered by them.....unless it's Furlough Friday. Like today! If this island is ever held hostage by the local unions, who won't allow the ships to dock, they can always find chickens for dinner. Taran has 4 Rhode Island Reds who are plump and beautiful. "Don't even think it" says Kea. Kea domesticated a wild hen, and named her Shiver. Shiver comes around to get any left overs from the Reds food source. One day she jumped into the Reds coop, and just about lost her life, except that Jay saved her when he noticed the commotion in the corner of the yard. I thought of that song from Music Man, where the women sing, "pick, pick, pick, talk a lot, pick a little" Anyway, Jay saved her. She is part of this menagerie. Did I tell you about the two little baby tortoises that Kea happened upon in the turtle cage one day? Taran took them to the vet, and he pronounced them well and healthy. We would never have known they were there. With this being the rainy season(only it's been dry) they might have drowned. It's a day off for us today, we are going into town to meet Jay's cousin Jean Larson for lunch later.
Institute last night was oh so inspiring, we learned a lot. Our students teach us so much.
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