Our girls were giving us three eggs a day from the middle of November to the middle of January. Then some amazing duck (a Pekin, from the egg color and shape), continued to lay an egg daily while our other 19 hens took a break. We rationed them, eating oatmeal for breakfast, no omelets, no pumpkin pie, so we could have sufficient for cakes to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. This week the girls finally soaked up enough sun to give us four!

Not to be out-done, the chickens joined in. They took turns giving us one egg a day (mostly) for the past month. We have 11 hens.

Yesterday we went from 4 to 8!!! Today we had 7. We hit the darkest days in December. It took a month for the birds to reach the bottom of their production curve. Now the sun has power and the birds notice.

Michael and I have known each other for 40 years this month. We’ve been married for 38 years this month. It makes February, which can be a dismal month, quite nice.

We have so much to celebrate.