ONE HAPPY FOOL

On 01.02.02, I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Too late for surgery, I had chemotherapy, which failed. In May the chemotherapy was changed and I was soon in remission which was celebrated and welcome and lasted nine years - until October 2011. There was progression in 2011 so more treatment was indicated and I am now back in partial remission. But I'm not only a cancer patient - I also enjoy my family, walk my dogs and am learning to draw and paint. Life is good!

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Sad day

I spent a pleasant couple of hours drawing with a group of boys in Juvenile Hall.

But when I got home I discovered one of the chickens was dead on the ground. I have no idea what happened. The other five were up in their roost, already asleep, but Rachel, one of two Rhode Island Reds, had obviously died several hours earlier. I couldn't find any marks of a skirmish so I don't know what happened.  She was only eleven months old.

That was our first lost chicken and we're distressed.

Posted by Barbara at 9:23 PM

4 comments:

  1. Alex2:46 AM

    sorry for the lost. I love the drawing of the butterfly and the style of the words

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  2. RR6:29 PM

    Oh no. How mysterious and sad.... I'm sorry for Rachel, and I'm sorry for your distress.

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  3. PAK ART7:18 AM

    so sorry. My sister has chickens too and she's had a mysterious death or two.

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  4. Barbara7:57 PM

    Thank you all. I never dreamed I could become so attached to a chicken! I really miss her....

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