Windy City Gal

Moving on

2008-02-01T15:33:53Z

It if seems like I haven't been publishing much here lately, it's because I've become a blog nomad yet again. Now I'm moving over to WordPress. Maybe I seem fickle since I just started blogging in Vox less than a year ago, but I think WordPress ...

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And now, it's official

2008-01-11T17:06:01Z

I'm now officially known as "The Chicken Lady." The Chicago Sun-Times has an article about how I and others have been approaching the proposed chicken ban in Chicago. The videographer got some great footage of my girls on a REALLY cold day just a...

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Focus, focus

2008-01-11T04:07:17Z

I'm not exactly in the knitting blahs, but I am having trouble focusing considering all the projects swirling through my head. Here's a sampling: Socks for Mark; socks for me. I typically only work on socks while commuting, with the exception of ...

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What's up in the UK?

2008-01-11T03:20:15Z

I've been reading ThomasK's blog, Urban Chickens, for many months now. I got my chickens only a couple months after him, and since mine were pullets ("teen girl chickens") when I got them, our hens are about the same age. Now that ThomasK's Calif...

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Know your fiber source!

2008-01-08T19:03:52Z

I guess the next new thing in CSAs (community supported agriculture) is in fibers. Worldchanging.com has the full story, such as it is at this point. I'm sure it will be some time before the idea makes it's way to Illinois. Or maybe not...we'll ...

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Wacky weather

2008-01-08T00:59:53Z

Let's review. Last week, temps were appallingly low. I recall one morning being 8F when I got up to let the chickens out at dawn, and that's not with any wind chill factored in. The next day, the morning temp was 5F without the windchill. BRRRR! ...

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Behold

2007-12-28T02:22:36Z

I have finished the sweater! Neckdown Wrap Cardigan (#263) from Knitting Pure & Simple. Yarn used: Dream in Color Classy in color Good Luck Jade. It seems like I've been working on this thing FOREVER. And I still need to block it (I think) in ord...

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Urban nature

2007-12-24T16:18:27Z

I often find it amazing how many "wilderness-type" animals you can find in the city. Yesterday morning I was standing at the kitchen sink and looking out the window when I noticed something in the alley. It was a bird -- a small raptor -- sitting...

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Warm interlude

2007-12-21T22:24:07Z

Ah, what a lovely day. This is the first day in months that I haven't felt anxiety and stress over my little birds. We sat down with an alderman's staffer yesterday afternoon and talked about the approaches to making sure keeping chickens remains...

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Snow birds

2007-12-18T02:20:52Z

Between Saturday and Sunday morning we got about 5 inches of snow. I snapped the photo above on Sunday as I headed out to collect the eggs and give the girls a little treat (some squash "innards" from our dinner the night before). The girls got t...

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