No Matter What

You can hear them at all times of the day or so it seems. They keep you awake at night.(ok so it is probably morning.) As the back door creaks open you can be sure to find some loitering in the bush watching for any hand motion as their clue to food scraps. You may guess this would be a cat or dog. Yes, we have plenty of those as well but these are wild chickens. They are as smart as they are dumb...I know that hardly makes sense but they are smarter than most chickens I've seen. They have to be I suppose since they are in the wild. Soon after we moved here a squawking mother was heard as a predator got the best of her, leaving behind her 5 chicks. I kind of think they are cute so I feed them quite often. As a child, my husband used to catch them with a noose. Right out our back door is a raised level ground that makes it easy to lure them in and do exactly that. Here's the little chicks...they're not so cute anymore though. pretty sure this is the one that crowed

From this small little house..... ...now up 26 steps to the next  the view from the veranda... the roof to the left is my husband's mother's house. before we moved in...major clean up time in between I subbed a day at school. Twas lovely to be in my former town again!  ...and let the fun begin. UGH! ...I don't like moving...hopefully this is the last until we move to the states! to be honest...I didn't know what to do with all the space. I still have some cupboards empty. I believe they will stay that way! ...progress... family visitors not being fond of Grenadian curtains I quick sewed some simple ones! this morning we tried some early fishing instead of night fishing. It yielded a few fish but none worth keeping. I kind of liked this one (maybe cuz it was new kind for me to catch?) As I sit here and feel the warm breeze whip through the house I am reminded how thankful I need to be. Ma