It’s been three weeks now and the chooks aren’t putting out. Well not as far as I can tell. If they’re laying, they’re not letting on.
“Look out for eggs in strange places,” the homeowners cry joyfully, Quantas bound. Thing is, I have been looking: under boulders, piles of grass, roosting spots, but no eggs. Nada. Nothing.
What’s worse is one’s losing all her feathers. A coating of downy soft plumage lines the carport, like the aftermath of a pillow fight. More each day.
Dear God,
If you’re around this Easter
Please take care of the chooks,
Please take care of the chooks,
Please don’t let there be any animal fatalities under my watch.
I don’t care about the eggs anymore.
Thank you,
Amen.
While God’s working on that l head out in search of the chocolate kind, Cadbury’s Mini Eggs, my primary source of sustenance for years spent writing March report cards.
Wincing at the increasingly exposed blue neck of the barren chook nestled deep within the carport I drive off in a cloud of feathers, eager to accumulate an Easter stash of something edible.
Aussies love their chocolate. Cadbury’s is HUGE. Easter egg displays are spectacular with eggs of every size, colour, and filling that launch pensioners into fits of giddy delight. But alas, I search the aisles of Coles, Woolworths, and IGA in vain. Under great duress I’m forced to entertain the notion of an Easter devoid of my favourite crunchy morsels.
With no luck on the egg front of either variety it’s clearly time for a change – again! The licence plates remind me:
Tasmania – Explore the Possibilities
So instead, each morning I hunt for the hugest, plumpest figs ready to pluck and rest atop my counter and ponder the deliciously divine ways in which to consume.I scan the vista of meandering river amidst fields of barley, cut a blooming red rose and admire its majesty of folds and fragrance. The rooster crows, a kookaburra laughs, and a robin models his tangerine chest to appreciative onlookers. Bountiful beauties of another kind offer themselves to me in abundance.
Who needs eggs? Not me it seems.
Well, at least not till the next full moon. (See Mars Bar Meditation) Hmmm, think that’s tonight. Suddenly, a werewolf urgency propels me into a frenzied panic….
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Hi Becky. I hope you are planning to write a book. Comments do interesting and entertaining. At least some travel articles in magazine or travel guide. I wish I could express myself so well. We are fine. Phil has had his op and is progressing well. Catheter out on Tuesday and then we will get out and about a bit more. Bought a new lovely caravan with ensuite so both looking forward to seeing more of Australia. Just seen all of highway 1 in 1983. Hope Chooks lay some eggs but losing feathers doesn't seem to be a good sign. All the best sue and Phil.
Good to hear. I'll let you know when there's a delivery…hopefully sometime before I leave!