Yesterday, at the beginning of afternoon chores I collected the last two eggs. This in itself is not news-worthy.

However, with time always at a premium nowadays, I did not run them up to the house straight away. I proceeded with my work, carrying my two egg handicap in my hand, as you do.

Waiting until I had worked my way up to the house to pop them in the egg basket on the kitchen bench.
Proceeding one handed just to see if I could.
Boo offered to carry one for me but I viewed his offer with a healthy dose of suspicion. Like me he is just a little too droll (sp?) for his own good. His jokes are sometimes misunderstood.
(If BooBoo spoke words would he have a NZ accent or an American one I wonder. I think I might feel a little let down if he spoke American).
Anyway, egg handicaps are not newsworthy either. We often carry golf-ish handicaps through life. Some even self imposed. Some imposed upon us to level out this somewhat uneven playing field of life.
Which is fair – sometimes I feel I have way more than my share of good luck and joy.

FreeBee bowled over to relieve me of one of my egg friends. I was almost to the house too! But I took his offer. He was not making a joke. And he is much bigger than me.
FreeBee loves eggs. He opens his mouth and I post the whole egg in. He seldom wastes a drop – him having such a big mouth and all!
So in the end only one egg found its way up to the house and the kitchen and maybe my breakfast.
Again, not dramatic news …
But you know what they say?

No news is good news.
A day without drama followed by phone calls into the night with my people. My brother popping in on the airwaves. Ordinary. Good. Kind.
Priceless.

Good morning.
Have a great day. Ordinary, if possible. Let me know. Talk soon!
Celi
PS Huh. The first frost.




43 responses to “Two Egg Handicap”
Your post are Gugu. Don’t get me wrong it is a Zulu word for treasure.
Thank you!!
I seem to end up doing my chores in an apron. It’s a Japanese style apron with a crossover back and when i made it, I ensured it had two enormous pockets. I can collect the eggs in those (well, I only have 5 hens), but all sorts of other things find their way in there: bits of hose attachment, passionfruit off the vine, herbs and chillis from the neighbours… And Of Course Boo has a Kiwi accent. His humour is dry and cunning.
Dry and cunning!!
And that apron sounds wonderful!! I love aprons!
One day, I’ll make it again in waxed canvas, with leather straps for complete durability.