Your story about your grandma reminds me of a conversation I just had yesterday. Kindness and gentleness feel naïve. The world would have us become grumpy old men and women, which is quite easy to do. The hardest thing to do though, is to experience hardship and unfairness yet still be kind, caring, warm, inviting, tolerant, etc. Someone who doesn’t jump on the latest reason to be angry is someone we ought to admire. I’m only learning this as I grow into my moderately matured years myself.
aw about your fish :( and your injured rooster (though the feeding him scrambled eggs for breakfast caught me off guard! lol I didn't know they could eat stuff like that!). and that cookie looks AMAZING. chocolate chip cookies are THE definitive cookie for me. And added sea salt makes it!
awww (but also oohhh noooo). Mice are so cute, but i know they are pests. We've had a mouse problem in doors a few years ago. But when you see them outside (eating the bird seed) they're so adorable! Inside, not so much. Well, they still are, but y'know...
Right? Part of me actually wants to figure out a way to keep it and have them be unlikely animal best friends and live happily ever after - and most of me knows what I really need to do is catch the poor thing and put it outside for the hens. Farm morals are tricky.
Lovely post, Havala! Stay warm & enjoy your winter weather! Here it is raining and the snow is melting rapidly... But more cold weather is on the way, winter is not over yet. Hope you have an amazing, safe, calm, reflective, and kind day!
This was heartwarming like reading a letter. Now all I can think about are the hens, the sheep, the dogs, the bees (maybe I shouldn’t think too much about the goldfish), the little rooster in the garage, and of course Grandma Marge. Thank you for including us in this little winter journey...
Your story about your grandma reminds me of a conversation I just had yesterday. Kindness and gentleness feel naïve. The world would have us become grumpy old men and women, which is quite easy to do. The hardest thing to do though, is to experience hardship and unfairness yet still be kind, caring, warm, inviting, tolerant, etc. Someone who doesn’t jump on the latest reason to be angry is someone we ought to admire. I’m only learning this as I grow into my moderately matured years myself.
aw about your fish :( and your injured rooster (though the feeding him scrambled eggs for breakfast caught me off guard! lol I didn't know they could eat stuff like that!). and that cookie looks AMAZING. chocolate chip cookies are THE definitive cookie for me. And added sea salt makes it!
Update: the rooster now has a little pet mouse who’s found his way into the garage. There are a couple ways this can go…
awww (but also oohhh noooo). Mice are so cute, but i know they are pests. We've had a mouse problem in doors a few years ago. But when you see them outside (eating the bird seed) they're so adorable! Inside, not so much. Well, they still are, but y'know...
Right? Part of me actually wants to figure out a way to keep it and have them be unlikely animal best friends and live happily ever after - and most of me knows what I really need to do is catch the poor thing and put it outside for the hens. Farm morals are tricky.
And then their relationship could be featured on the Dodo! (That animal video website thing) 😄
I like step number 10 best.
Lovely post, Havala! Stay warm & enjoy your winter weather! Here it is raining and the snow is melting rapidly... But more cold weather is on the way, winter is not over yet. Hope you have an amazing, safe, calm, reflective, and kind day!
Thank you Csermely! I hope your family stays warm and safe as well, and is able to enjoy some beauty amid all the difficult tasks of winter.
This was heartwarming like reading a letter. Now all I can think about are the hens, the sheep, the dogs, the bees (maybe I shouldn’t think too much about the goldfish), the little rooster in the garage, and of course Grandma Marge. Thank you for including us in this little winter journey...
Wow on that cookie recipe!! Dangerously good sounding 🤤