This week’s vegetables
I’m very happy today: this week’s vegetables have arrived! There’s broccoli and apples, and a box of green vegetables — kale, I think. Natsu came over to look. Natsu, vegetables! …Not interested.
In the bottom box there’s cilantro, mushrooms for some reason, a still-greenish papaya, cucumbers, more broccoli, and Brussels sprouts. In Japanese they’re called “cabbage buds” — or was it “bud cabbage”? I got it backwards. Time to share it all with everyone. Thank you to the people at our local supermarket, and to our friends who bring it to us!
Here’s a pigeon that came from someone’s house the other day. He’s very friendly. He’s older than Happy, so he’s past the squawking stage. Off you go!
New members of the flock
Good morning, everyone. Everyone is in the shade, in a straight line, and they won’t come out. The five hens in this row came from the site where I’ve been trapping chickens. They’ve finished their quarantine, so they’ve started their new lives as kept chickens. They look a bit battered — our home chickens are tough, and the newcomers got a proper welcome. They’ve mixed in so well that I can’t tell who’s who anymore. Everyone’s doing their best.
Then: chicks open! They came out so fast I couldn’t even introduce them. Here’s our steady Niji, doing well. Niji has always been tiny, so is always on the chick-opening team.
The Kamehame-leaf
Now for the vegetables. It’s pretty heavy… Kamehame-leaf! (“Ha” means leaf in Japanese.) Everyone loves lettuce, and this was a huge amount. Some went to the little ones too.
Meet Nana
This is Nana, who lives at home with us. She’s about a year old, maybe a bit more. She hates this so much she’s stretched right out. Ouch, ouch — you don’t have to peck me!
Nana doesn’t like taking care of her own feet, so I do it for her. She isn’t very tame and I expect she’ll put up a fight, so I hold her wings still. Scales grow on top of scales, so I peel off the old ones on top. Her feet are tiny compared to Taro’s. Please don’t struggle!
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