Chickens galore

We got three new chickens yesterday. This is one of them. A cream legbar. When she starts to lay we should get some blue/ green eggs from her. At the moment she is cowering at the far end of the chicken run with no intention of mixing with the rest of the flock. I considered counselling but decided that she would benefit in the long-run from sorting out her own friendship issues. Maybe chickens have got it right - a few viscious pecks and everyone in the flock knows where they stand and life can cntinue as normal. Sounds harsh??

Back to work tomorrow. Maybe I'll have to introduce a few sharp pecks ( verbal of course) of my own just to re-establish who's boss in the classroom.

The rhythm of my heart

It looks a little like this except the markings are slightly different. Otherwise its big and mean and kicks out a deep, deep , deep bass note. The drum makes three basic sounds which are A - bass note, B the middle tone, and C the hand slap rim shot.

This means I have invented a new form of writing musical score for fellow djembe players

For example the start of the rythmn for 'we will rock you' is AAC. But I'm now bored with this so will just go off and play said drum. Bought it at Spring harvest. I just want to say a big UP to all me mates coz I had a FAT time and it made me SICK.
I learnt a lot and felt challenged. I also feel God took me back to my ABC's and reminded me of lessons I should have learnt and remembered a long time ago.

DIRT

Having just spent the best part of three days working in the stuff I thought I'd better find out a bit more about it. None of this is particularly amazing on its own but the outcome is a substance which is almost a living organism in it own right - respiring, excreting, sensitive to environmental conditions and we depend on it for our survival. Three cheers for soil. Lets find a better word for it than DIRT!


Soil makes up the outermost layer of our planet.
Topsoil is the most productive soil layer.
Soil has varying amounts of organic matter (living and dead organisms), minerals, and nutrients.
Five tons of topsoil spread over an acre is only as thick as a coin.
Natural processes can take more than 500 years to form one inch of topsoil.
Soil is formed from rocks and decaying plants and animals.
An average soil sample is 45 percent minerals, 25 percent water, 25 percent air, and five percent organic matter.
Different-sized mineral particles, such as sand, silt, and clay, give soil its texture.
Fungi and bacteria help break down organic matter in the soil.
Plant roots and lichens break up rocks which become part of new soil.
Roots loosen the soil, allowing oxygen to penetrate. This benefits animals living in the soil.
Roots hold soil together and help prevent erosion.
Five to 10 tons of animal life can live in an acre of soil.
Earthworms digest organic matter, recycle nutrients, and make the surface soil richer.
Mice take seeds and other plant materials into underground burrows, where this material eventually decays and becomes part of the soil.
Mice, moles, and shrews dig burrows which help aerate the soil.

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is historically the day when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey to the amazement and excitement of the Jewish people. It is also traditionally the day that people would show their palms to each other. This was a symbolic act - usually done before the lunchtime meal to show the guests that you had washed your hands prior to cooking their sunday roast. It was also done between men to prove that one had been doing more physical labour than the other, thus was stronger and more virile and was therefore a way of settling fights in local bars and hostellerys.

I have heard that Palm Sunday related to people waving at each other across the street as an open gesture of friendship by exposing the sensitive finger tips to a friend ot colleague.

What a load of old rubbish hear you say about this well researched blog entry. But what I know for certain is that Jesus was going to his death and he knew it and he kept on riding.

Vasilation

I nearly bought a motorbike. Then I thought about how selfish it was and when would I use it. And then I thought about how much I love riding motorbikes. And then I thought about taking Jack and Ben on the back - and then I changed my mind very quickly. And then I discovered there is a Norfolk branch of the CMA ( Christina Motorcyclists Association) which meets in Norwich. And then I thought that even if I don't use it a lot this year - it's such a well-looked-after machine that it will last for years to come -and its a baragin at only £700 and...so on.... and so on.... and so on...

I thought a simple prayer might solve the conundrum

Can't decide whether I've had the answer or not

I will continue to vasilate for some time to come