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A reminder for us to take the road less traveled. 

Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong | Video on TED.com

Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong | Video on TED.com 

Ms. Schulz presents an interesting, thought-provoking topic about being wrong.  Think about this:  my viewpoint is only what I can see.  All my past...my experiences, my beliefs...color my perspective.  What would the world be like if we kept that in mind each time we talked to another person?  When leaders of countries clashed or when anyone gathered to problem-solve?  What would we bring to the table?  What could be accomplished if we set aside our "rightness" and listened?  Really listened to what another person was saying?  Would we learn something new?  Would our solutions be more substantial? 

What if?

My viewpoint is only what I can see.

Perfection in Nature

Yesterday afternoon was really hot and Tamera seemed to have a hard time with it being in the coop.  I got the mister going on the outside of the coop, trying to cool it down a little without getting them wet, and offered the hens some water to drink.  After I backed away a little, the girls stood up to drink.  Then it happened!  I saw the eggs move!!!!!  It was the slightest quiver in about 5 or 6 of the eggs, like water on a lake when there's a slight breeze blowing.  It was almost the same excitement as feeling one of the kids kick for the first time or seeing them in a sonogram!  Those babies were moving around in those shells!  I couldn't believe my eyes!  I asked my chicken friend if it were possible and she said, sure we only have about 6 days till hatching.  She once had one fertilized egg that did a complete 180 degree turn!  I'd probably had fainted right there in the pen if that happened! lol  It was absolutely amazing.  Wow, I'm going have a hard time not tearing up when those little fluffballs poke through for the first time.  Just seeing the eggs move for the first time was such a high!  I'm so glad I have the opportunity to watch all this!

The natural world is so full of amazing simplicity.  The clean lines found when you look intently at a leaf or the petal of a flower, the patterns of the sun dancing through the trees or on a lake.  Birth.  That simple egg that we take for granted...that helps make cakes fluffy and gives us energy for the day in the form of breakfast, whether they are served sunny-side up or scrambled.  How the whites will whip into meringue.  These are such eggs that are protected and kept warm by my two hens and are full of life.  Look at a leaf, the patterns you will find in it and think about the functions of the cells that form it.  The changing of sunlight into food, its breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen.   Think about how that oxygen the plants exhale is what we breathe in for life.  Now...inhale.  Exhale.  The simple things of God's design are so amazing, so inspiring, and yet so overlooked in our busy lives.  Take some time to find those things around you, and let me know...what are you finding there?

Day 9 of Baby Fever!

Claire, our Easter Egger on the left in the picture, has decided to join in keeping the eggs warm.  She seems to be a part-timer though, alternating between setting and leaving the chicken pen to hunt bugs.

I took this picture this morning.  Claire was setting on the majority of the eggs, while Tamera is behind the wall of the coop with others.  Claire has the motherly spread going on now! lol  They tend to flatten out to cover all the eggs.  I'm so amazed they are sharing the eggs.