February 8th

Daybreak.

Beautiful dawn sky as the sun was peeking

over the neighbor's roof.

The chicken girls were starting to stir.

Morning is a great time to search for

tasty bug morsels.

I, on the other hand,

woke with a headache and my

hair doing a spot on imitation

of Don King's long lost

white sister!

And,

I was feeling so grumpy that

I probably shoulda been 

residing under a bridge

eating Billy Goats,

but after a look at this

beautiful sky,

(and a dose of Tylenol),

I was ready for the day.

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Looking spring-like around these here parts.

We've got many things in bloom,

or about to bloom.

The poplar tree has been putting on

its' display of crimson

seed pods for a few weeks now.

Such a beautiful color!

The Brussels Sprouts are...

sprouting.

No hens can get to them through

the chicken wire.

Thank goodness!

(Although, Nugget tried last year

and almost lost her comb!)

Broccoli

Yellow Broccoli

We also have White Broccoli

blooming as well. 

Tomatoes

The Bell Peppers and Tomatoes are nearing the end of

their growth cycle on these current plants,

so we have new ones waiting to get

a tad bigger before planting them.

The Eggplant is in that number too,

but still producing.

Celery, Onions and Garlic are 

starting to sprout.

Chrysanthemums,

not just an autumn plant.

Gardenia

Mother Aloe

Wild Violets

And business as usual

as the chicken girls

follow us around the yard.

(Pepper, Lucy and Nugget)

I pulled up a few stray weeds,

while the girls watched to see if

I'd disturbed any unsuspecting

bugs.

They were flapping their wings

around me like they were

just called up from the audience

 to play PLINKO

on The Price Is Right!

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I recently read an online article about how

science fiction books, movies and television

influenced our real lives.

It said, that when Motorola was in development

of a thing called a "cell phone",

they took the look of the "communicator"

from Star Trek.

One of the scientists said that, that show 

had a profound effect on his younger

years and was one of the motivators

of his choice to pursue a science career.

It also showed things that we take for granted today

that were science fiction a 

mere 50 years ago.

Like.....

a Roomba.

Well, back in 1961, Rosie, the Jetsons

maid had one.

(Never understood the need for a maid

on the Jetsons, robotic or not,

because of all the convenience

machines they employed. Hmmm)

And....

Wasn't this the original Siri?

(Albeit a sentient one,

but a Siri or and Alexa just the same)

HAL 9000

"What do you think you're doing?

Dave? Dave?"

And,

there's tons more.

Total Recall had robot drivers,

Minority Report had touch screens....

Boy,

have we come far since the '50's.

Wonder where we'll be in 50 more years?

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(except for roaches and mosquitos,

those can go extinct!)