Why did the chickens cross the road?????

Out wandering up the street ‘n down...me ‘n da boyz, that is....checking on the chickens ‘n the catz ‘n whatever might be new in the ‘hood....

Had a calico cat sleeping on my back deck this morning....found herself a spot of sun ‘n decided she liked it enuff to stay awhile....Douglas sez she’s a friendly cat ‘n likes people...sed one of the cat-women (the ladies who travel the various ‘hoods with bags of cat food in their cars) took the calico home for about 3 daze before the cat up ‘n left....Doug told her cats adopt people, not t’other way ‘round....anyways, the boyz had a good walk, got the opportunity to exercise a few chickens....bidness is a little tough in the village right now...Oaks Hardware, a Village Institution for many years, is changing hands...that doesn’t happen often so it deserves t’be noticed...there have been only two owners since I’ve lived here...Everett Nardinelli had the place when I arrived...he sold it to Dave Hill ‘n moved to Oregon, I think in the early ‘70’s....Dave ‘n his wife both passed while I was in Kentucky a few years ago ‘n left the property to their son, young Dave Hill... well, he ‘s younger than me but nowadays, thats no longer a big deal....it’s really hard for small stores to compete with the big box stores in good times but this economy makes it even more difficult...let’s hope the new owners have deep pockets ‘n the economy turns around...

Oh...The Slocum House folded if you didn’t know...advertised as one of the most romantic restaurants in the Sac area ‘n home to myriad chickens, I never ceased to laugh at the price they charged for ‘Free Range Chicken’...’course, I don’t really believe that they simply walked into their yard ‘n butchered one of their own but I found it amusing.....

I complain a lot about all the durn chickens but I hafta admit a couple things....there’s a lot of ‘em....they’re diversified ‘n colorful....’n they give you something other than the weather to talk about....