The adventures never stop around here. Fresh off the heels of my last house-sit, I was asked by a friend of I would house-sit for her, for a month and a half, at her house which is a 45-min drive from my work. I'd have to take care of chickens, a rabbit and a cat, as well as use a woodstove to heat the house.
Of course, I jumped at the chance. "Yes!" I wrote back as soon as I got her email.
Oh and I have to use the Englishtown Ferry to get to and from work, every day. (This is it the other night, when I was waiting on the Englishtown side for it to come back over. I loved how the lights were reflecting off the water, and the evening was coming on.)
This is the view from my new bedroom. The Cape Breton Highlands in the background, still covered in snow. Mm hmm.
Eggs wait by the front door. Every morning I collect between four and six eggs, and I let them pile up before I wash them.
When going to the barn to check on the chickens, you've got to unhook this latch.
There's just something about latches, isn't there?
In Australia they call them "chooks". Wait, that might be the chicks. I don't know. Anyway, I love their clucking sounds.
Doing dishes, I put down this dishcloth to put drying dishes on. More chickens!
Four to six eggs a day adds up pretty fast, especially when I'm away all day working and get back in the evenings and just eat toast and yogurt, and go to bed so I can do it all again the next day. Come the weekend, it's time to wash eggs, and I find myself with two dozen. There's just something about the shape of eggs, isn't there? So beautiful, especially in the grey winter light coming in the window over the sink.
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