Curly, putting the chickens to bed, tie is a win
When I got home last night I was surprised to see Cindy with a head full of curls. I know she was talking about getting a perm but she didn’t tell me she was doing it yesterday. It looked cute on her and matches her bouncy personality.
Every night we “put the chickens to bed”. What that means is once it is dark one of us walks out and locks the door to the chicken run. We then go into the coop and make sure all of the hens are up on the perch. Quite often Cutie Pie, one of the black hens, will still be on the ground, waiting for us. She seems to prefer when we pick her up and place her on the perch for some reason. It’s cute.
Last night I also had to place Stephie, the beautiful arucana on the perch. Stephie seems to be the general outcast of the flock. A lot of the other birds pick on her and quite often she is off in the yard by herself somewhere. Of course Cindy and I feel bad for her and we try to give her special dispensation. Stephie has learned to follow us when we call her. Quite often if we give the other hens a treat Stephie will hang back. Often in those situations we were give her her own individual treat out of the view of the other chickens. It’s funny how she looks for the special attention now.
Last night was the Iowa caucus. There was big news on both sides of the ticket. First Ted Cruz beat Donald Trump, most likely on the backs of the evangelical vote. A few years ago Rick Santorum won Iowa so if I was Ted I wouldn’t get too excited by the win.
On the democratic side Bernie and Hilary basically tied with something like a couple tenths of a point separating them. Considering that when the race started, Hilary was looked at as being basically unopposed in her quest for the nomination, for Bernie to tie her in Iowa was a huge turn in momentum. Make no mistake about it, Bernie has an uphill battle in front of him. Without massive corporate dollars funding his campaign and the ridiculous practice of “super delegates” that are very heavily financially influenced, he is going to have overwhelming grass roots support to make it happen.
To be honest I am more excited about the prospect of Bernie being elected than I was about Obama in 2008. In 08 I think the idea that the country had progressed far enough to actually elect a black president was very exciting. Although I think Obama has done a decent job in office, I still saw too much of old guard politics in play with the most benefit to those that need it the least. Obamacare is a perfect example. By the time lobbyists got done with it, the bill that started out as something aimed at helping the uninsured get coverage became more of a way for insurance companies to get even richer through rewrites of the plan that benefited them much more than the everyday Joe.
Bernie is a no nonsense guy and is really the only candidate that acknowledges and is willing to fight over what is depicted in the graphic to the left. Feel the Bern.