Inside the chicken coop: The Eggs Factor

Friday, 10 April 2009

The Eggs Factor

I think my girls must have the 'Eggs Factor'. They have been so productive the last few weeks by laying eggs every day for me. I decided to do something a bit different with them.

I made a hole in the egg with a large needle in the top and the bottom and blew the egg so I was left with an empty shell.

I secured a rubber band onto a piece of matchstick, then put it into the egg and started to decorate them.

For this one I wrapped rubber bands around it then soaked it in strong cold tea for a day.

For these two, I used stickers before soaking them

And the natural look with a few stars

But then I got a bit carried away and tried to re-create Noah's Ark!

Finally, I ran out of eggs - which is probably a good thing as the animals were getting too large to fit !

Happy Easter

5 comments:

Julie P10 April 2009 at 11:00
They're super, Diane! Have a very happy Easter. I'm not artistic at all so will have to stick with the shop made chocolate variety!
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Unknown10 April 2009 at 14:16
Lovely, Di, it brings back so many memories of the days when my Mother used to decorate eggs for me, a very long time ago, and your decorations are lovely, and especially the arrangement with the bunnies and chicks...Happy Easter, Carole.
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Simon Whaley11 April 2009 at 13:35
Have you been reading my blog posting http://simonwhaleytutor.blogspot.com/2009/04/dig-out-your-sludge-and-take-picture-of.html? The perfect step-by-step article!

Happy Easter!
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Diane Perry13 April 2009 at 03:04
Hi Julie and Churchmouse
Thank you for your comments. I had so much fun doing these.

Di
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Diane Perry13 April 2009 at 03:05
Simon

No I hadn't seen your blog - but now I have, Its given me dozens of ideas

Di
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Inside (and out) of the chicken coop

Hello and welcome to my blog. I hope you have fun viewing some of the photos and stories, a lot of them are aimed at the younger generation, but hope will appeal to anyone who loves keeping chickens as pets. I have been keeping chickens for several years now, they really inspire my writing as they are very comical. My original hens inspired me to write my book 'One Hundred Ways For A Chicken To Train Its Human' which was published by Hodder and Stoughton in March 2007. Now this little clan keep me blogging about them.

Apart from my hens, I do write other stuff too, I am trying to get my Novel - Red Kite, Published but it's so difficult without an agent, and trying to find an agent is equally as hard. However I shall not give up - that's the one thing I am certain of. In the meantime I am writing freelance magazine articles and children's stories.

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I am very proud to announce that my Mother has just had her book published. ' Gentlemen of the River - The last Coracle men of the Severn Gorge' is a lovely book about the lives of the coracle men who spent most of their lives around the River Severn in Ironbridge. It spans the generations of the Rogers family who had a long history of coracle making. My Mom knew Eusty very well as she grew up in Ironbridge. He was the very last of the coracle men of that time. I lived there for some time too and he was a wonderful character. It was very sad when he died on January 31 2003 as a lot of skill and a huge amount of memories went with him.

The photographs show a glimpse of what life was like in Ironbridge before it was a major tourist attraction and helps to tell the story of an ancient craft which is still going strong with the modern day coracle makers of today.

It is published by Stenlake Publishing Ltd and priced at a very reasonable £7.99.

Barmouth 2009

We recently took my Mom to Barmouth for a weekend break and had hours of fun on the beach by drawing animals in the sand. We had limited time to create our sand art, as the sea was fast on our heels. My Mom really surprised me when she drew a perfect Micky Mouse, which I feel was good enough for any comic of today. Our chickens were not so good, and they were soon to be washed away by the tide, but the memories of that time on a deserted beach as three adults being children again will remain as a lovely end to the summer of 2009.