I finished my latest book this morning. It's nice when you have enjoyed a book so much that when the last page comes you just close the cover and sit and stare into space.
This book has made me want chickens all over again.
Especially my beloved Lavender Pekin bantams, they were such characters.
To take my mind of the end of my book I stripped the bed, aired the winter-weight duvet, washed all the bedding and then after a few hours of it blowing gently on the line in the sunshine, used the same bedding to remake the bed this time with the summer-weight duvet inside the cover.
I should sleep well tonight, dreaming of chickens while tucked into lovely fresh cotton.
Perhaps I need to start on the next book on my pile and quash all notions of chickens running around a cute little homestead.
But maybe I'll just read a few of my old chicken posts (and another) first just for old times sake, you understand ...
Sue xx
You're brave putting the summer weight quilt on the bed. The weather has been so changeable I'm not taking a chance yet even though some nights I'm too hot.
ReplyDeleteI'm not that brave, it's under the patchwork quilt AND that folded blue quilt that's in the top photo ... I'll shed a layer when it gets a bit warmer. :-)
DeleteI can see how you would miss your chickens.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
They really are such characters, and they end up being a part of the family as well as giving eggs in return for food.
DeleteHello! Reading a good book and sleeping on fresh sheets. Simply divine! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI know!! It's every book loving, sleepy girls dream isn't it. :-)
DeleteThese days my housekeeping standards are, let's say, somewhat more flexible than they used to be 😄, except for the same day each week when I ALWAYS change the bedding. Even if I do nothing else that day, there will be fresh sheets at bedtime. It's a lovely feeling.
ReplyDeleteThe Ella Risbridger book is very tempting - I had a peep on Amazon Look Inside and love the way she writes.
Oh my housekeeping standards are slipping more and more these days, especially when I have seedlings to pot on ... I'd much rather have my hands in the compost than clutching a duster. :-)
DeleteI totally get the chickens, we had four at our last home and they were spoilt rotten ! We do have room for a couple here but I got so upset when they died I don't think I would keep them again. Fresh bed linen is so lovely, I have treated ourselves to silk pillowcases ( they are not black and we don't have the sheets ) they are a treat to sleep on and help keep my hot head cool x
ReplyDeleteI used to get upset if they had early deaths for any reason, but the ones that lived through their retirement, although it was still upsetting to lose them, it was so worthwhile knowing that I had given them a good home for so long.
DeleteI've never kept chickens but really fresh eggs would be wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI'm sticking with my winter quilt for a while. It was so cold yesterday evening, I turned on the electric blanket for a while. xx
Really fresh eggs are great for anything except hard boiling, trying to peel a hardboiled fresh egg and keep it neat is virtually impossible, I used to purposefully save some for two weeks for that. I have to admit to clicking the central heating on for an hour each evening over the weekend.
DeleteWe’re down to 4.5 tog duvet since last weekend. We’ll eventually go to 2 tog if the weather stays this warm. I keep a fleecy blanket to hand just in case it turns colder. I’m having a cold drink and blog reading as I have just spent an hour weeding and litter picking in our front garden. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI think a 4.5 tog is the lowest I have ever gone to, and yes I have a couple of lightweight quilts at the ready to add on top when needed, they are both on at the moment.
DeleteI love chickens - have never kept any nor dreamt of them but I can see how you might if you looked after some. The book looks interesting - I would buy it for the cover! x
ReplyDeleteI fell in love with chickens right back at the start of our self-sufficiency journey. If we do it again, as Alan wants to on a smaller scale, chickens would be the first thing that I got.
DeleteI can totally understand how much you miss your chickens. I've always wanted to get some rescue hens but never managed to do it, and we certainly can't have any now.
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat the smell and feel of clean fresh bedlinen. Mine is outside on the line now :)
They really were a part of the family, as well as earning me some cash to pay for their bedding and feed etc through the sale of their eggs.
DeleteWe've kept a few hens over the years, often wonderful characters and of course the really delicious fresh eggs make the effort of setting up worth it. But like Chrissie above I'm far too soft hearted around animals and when the hens got sick and died I'd be bereft!
ReplyDeleteFresh cotton bed linen line dried - lovely x
Alison in Wales x
Knowing that they had had really good lives and retirements, especially the rescue girls that we got, made the heartache of losing them bearable.
DeleteI've stayed with families in rural Goa who have chickens, they're endearing little souls, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteWe use the same duvet all year round, it's a wool one and it's a game changer - it keeps Jon warm and me cool as we're polar opposite with how we like the bed to be! xxx
They really are, especially the Pekin bantams. Unfortunately, I couldn't use a wool one as I am allergic to wool ... even through a cotton cover. :-(
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