Coop Dreams

May 9th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Life - (27 Comments)

Yes, yes, I know.  It’s been a while.  I’m still here though.  Still running.  Still riding.   Still drinking green juice.  Still eating salads as big as my head.  Still living in the cityStill blogging. Oh no, wait, not quite.  Blogging again?  Hmmm, maybe.  I don’t know for sure just yet.

What I do know though is that today I’m feeling motivated to write a little something about the newest thing I’m currently psyched about:

Raising our own backyard chickens.

Don’t Rock the Boat

August 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Alison in Dinner Time - (18 Comments)

After breakfast this morning we set out to run a couple of errands and stopped at Zak’s mom’s house before heading home. We were there under the guise of “visiting” but really it was all about torturing chickens.

Peek

Do you see Ms. Maxine in there?

Visit Chickens

Maxine, the girl who doesn’t like to get dirty.

Not Shy

Ava, in her own words, setting “chicken traps”.

Chicken Traps

Chicken Traps = a sea of corn so they’ll be so busy eating they won’t see Maxine coming. Yes, Maxine, the same girl who won’t throw a rock with sand on it.

Saturday Success

June 6th, 2009 | Posted by Alison in Breakfast - (2 Comments)

Who wants French Toast?

One egg, a (large) splash of vanilla soy milk, a bit of vanilla extract and some cinnamon, scrambled together.

egg

Two slices of whole wheat bread, soak each piece in egg mixture for about a minute, or until bread is good and saturated.

Soakin’soakin sizzlinSizzlin’

Breakto Perfecto

eatin

Breakfast is not complete without almond butter! A couple of tablespoons of pure maple syrup for dippin’ and sliced bananas piled high!