Someone laid an egg yesterday. 
Was it you? Maybe not. 
Certainly was not you and I know it was not me. 
And we know for sure that Queenie, waiting patiently under leaden skies for a little sun, did not lay an egg. 
Out of the gray a roving spotlight of sun shot through and we all forgot about the egg.
Instead we stood very still in our tiny spots of sun – our sun spots. 
And breathed warm thoughts. And when the sun winked back under the clouds again.
I took the precious egg inside, walking very carefully up my frozen steps and put it in a tiny bowl then stored it in the fridge. Maybe tomorrow we will get another egg, then I will make … you know I am sitting here wondering what I will make. A cake? An omelette with fresh cheese? A fried egg on toast? Custard and meringues. I think I need to wait until I have three eggs. I have not had an egg in ages. I am not sure I can wait!!
Now, who laid that egg?
Have a lovely day.
celi
PS To while away the winter we will revisit our year ago posts again. On this day a year ago: the drink with the unpronounceable name. Oh I remember this!
PSS And many thanks to Mary at Brissiemaz who nominated me for the Reality Award. Thank you so much for thinking of me.
Also The Brave Cook awarded me for the Blog of the Year award. Thank you so much Lukasz.
I must apologise to all the people who have given me awards over the last while as (what with writing a book in the afternoons) I quite simply do not have the time to give awards my best. And I do feel as though I am letting people down. So one of my blog resolutions for 2013 is to thank people immediately on my pages, then add them to my blogroll as an extra thank you, because I really do appreciate the thought and those award posts take a lot of care and time to make. I am sorry I am unable to participate fully.
c
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58 responses to “A Little Dr Seuss Spot – Of Sun and the Origins of an Egg”
Well, it surely wasn’t the cockerel. Are guinea fowl eggs bigger than hens’ ? Great photos today, as usual, though these have a soupçon of extra-special about them.
Isn’t it funny.. every day I go out with the camera to see what I can see and every day I worry that I will see nothing and every day something turns up.. morning ViV.. c
Clever chicken 😉
I’ll say.. fancy an egg being such an exciting arrival.. morning mad.. c
GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS shots!
Oh yay, we have an egg – wonder if anybody will own up to laying it…
🙂 Mandy xo
I hope she lays another one.. ! morning Mandy.. c
If I wasn’t suffering from a violent gastro virus, I’d be thinking about those cakes, etc:)
Oh no you are sick.. awful.. no thinking about food.. just think water..c
The sun spot moments images deserve a round of applause, especially the one shining on Daisy.
Do be careful on those steps. They look mighty treacherous.
They are treacherous and no salt allowed so close to my gardens, there is enough salt washing off into the soil as it is from the roads, it might thaw a little today then i can clean them up.. and that was the Bobby who got caught in the sun.. sweet isn’t it.. i cannot go past cows eyes, i am fascinated by them.. c
You need to run down some sand to sprinkle on your steps.
I was just going to suggest a bucket of sand for by the porch OLA! They use it on our roads here and it works great. 🙂
and I think i have some on the front porch too, i shall go and lug it around! Thank you. Sometimes i am such a foreigner! c
You do make me laugh! Happy sanding, Celi!
OK … I can tell the difference between an Ostrich egg and a Chook Egg …. everything in between – not so much! What does a Pea Hen egg look like – had to ask? Sun spots on the snow are pretty.
Hoping you warm up today. Laura
This is definitely a hens egg and it is very fresh. But I have no idea what pea hens egg looks like or a guineas for that matter.. maybe i should look that up.. c
I did …. Peahen egg is almost double the size of a large Rhode Island Red egg, it is brownish and speckled ( very similar to a Guinea Fowl egg for that matter!) 🙂 Laura
Our Guinea eggs are about the size of banty eggs and are very pointed on the end. And lightly speckled.
I just love those gorgeous long cow lashes! Good mornin’ Celi…..
I have these ‘ice grippers’ which just slip on the bottom of my boots and work like a charm – they can be rinsed off too.
ah the classic chicken and agg story….
I would be unable to tell you who laid that egg but what I loved most were all the sun seeking critters!!! Lovely. Simply lovely!
Cow eyes – some of the best there are! You’ll certainly appreciate your egg whatever you do with it! We’re doing a wee bit better than you, scraping together maybe 1/2 dozen per week.
Christine
Love the shot of the cow eye. Morning Miss c …. t
Oh those steps do look treacherous! Be careful C! And my goodness it looks cold! Burr.
We still are getting a few eggs. Enough for the family…What a treasure your one egg seems! And where there’s one, there will definitely be more. I heard somewhere that when they’re laying, a hen will average 6 eggs a week, giving her one extra day, I guess…Those lovely sunspots give us a ray of hope that warmer days are coming!
Celi, are your ‘Girls’ aging a bit and not laying as much?
We love those sun spots here. Look for a hen with a red comb and you’ll most likely have your layer. We’re starting to get a couple of eggs a day most days now but they don’t go far with 7 people! The girls found a nest of about 18 a few days ago and surprisingly only about 3 were frozen and busted. Have a great day Celi.