Favourite Things Friday

What came first the chicken or the egg? Well in this case, it’s the egg.

Now for those of you who have heard my story about getting attacked by one of my mom’s roosters a few years ago (I refer to the attack in this post too) you might have been surprised to see that chickens have made it as one of my favourite things friday posts. Well the trauma must have passed because I do love chickens and I especially love having their farm fresh eggs. It doesn’t get more local than right next door. You see Darren and I moved this past October to a lovely piece of property that happens to be neighbouring my mom and dad’s property and it is AWESOME. I spent a number of years living at their property growing up and have always been so in love with it. So when the opportunity came to buy something right in that same area we thought ‘why not?!’ You never know unless you try right ??

Hayden and I quite often wander over to their house in the mornings to feed the chickens, check for eggs and also throw a few apples or alfalfa cubes over the fence for their two sheep.

As I start to plant my vegetable garden I am so excited that Hayden will get to grow up having such a healthy perspective on local produce and the importance of knowing where your food comes from. Food Inc anyone ?!

I got this bowl in the Grand Bizarre in Istanbul. Isn’t it gorgeous ?!

This is Mrs. Speckles. She’s my mom’s favourite.

This is not the most flattering picture of me, but I still love it. Please keep in mind it was early and I am majorly sleep deprived 😉

Hayden’s first time holding an egg!

He’s laughing because the egg didn’t last long 😉