Why did the chicken cross the road? To visit our house.   by happypat

Why did the chicken cross the road? To visit our house.

Ginger at the back door again, she's outside two or three times a day almost knocking on the door.

Three good things:
1. The boiler & the AGA both serviced today.
2. Just finished a good book called If You Go Away by Adele Parks. Makes you realise the atrocity of war.
3. Toast, butter & apricot jam. I could live off it!
Eating a jam sandwich. Yum. I was wickedly naughty today. A sit down for half an hour for lunch with my book turned into 3 hours. Sooooo good i just had to know how it ended. Thats why were eating jam sandwiches for tea! Well just me and littlest. Eldest out fir tea and hubby home late.
January 19th, 2016  
@newbank Same as me then Ruth, there was I upstairs trying to finish my book while the boiler man was here. Wonderful thing reading! I must have missed your posts recently I haven't seen your name pop up, will check if you've been posting. Nothing wrong with jam sandwiches we used to eat them all the time!
January 19th, 2016  
A fine looking hen. I like a jam sandwich too!
January 19th, 2016  
@happypat ive been too engrossed in my book in my spare and unspare moments to post or photograph. Gutted its ended....what if the next one is not so good?!
January 19th, 2016  
She is a beautiful creature!! What amazing colours and a great photo!
January 19th, 2016  
Cute shot of Ginger. I hope she rewards you with the odd egg
January 19th, 2016  
Great photo of her Pat - she could at least lay an egg on your doorstep!
January 19th, 2016  
Fav..
January 19th, 2016  
Very cute.
January 19th, 2016  
A super capture. Fav!! 😃
January 19th, 2016  
Bep
Nice to see Ginger on the trending page! Well done. Fav!
January 19th, 2016  
@newbank That's the sorry Ruth....which one shall I read next I wonder? What is your book called for interest?.
January 19th, 2016  
@julzmaioro No laying of eggs in our garden.....she is faithful to her family!
January 19th, 2016  
@judithg You would think so Judith but never an egg for our troubles....Harry is out with the bird food as soon as she sets foot in the garden.
January 19th, 2016  
@newbank Worry!
January 19th, 2016  
Good looking bird!
The toast sounds lovely! :)
January 19th, 2016  
January 19th, 2016  
Wow - what sharp eyes you have. Terrific shot! Fav!
January 19th, 2016  
@newbank Oh thanks Ruth, that looks a blockbuster! Just the thing for my holidays! Have ordered it on Kindle! Will enjoy that one!
January 19th, 2016  
@happypat when you're in NZ? Perfect for a long flight when you CANT do anything else. Thankfully Sammy at 6 is a bookaholic so he gets what its like to want to read and read and read. He understood why on sunday afternoon he only got a few grunts out of me. I try not to read around them too much or I'm just lost and gone and the house could burn down around us! He said I'm just like him begging for just ONE more chapter PLEASE!!!
January 19th, 2016  
@stevecameras Great looking bird Steve...I will tell her!
January 19th, 2016  
@busylady Thanks Judith!
January 19th, 2016  
@sarah19 @jocasta @carolmw @gijsje

Ginger will be delighted you all like her photo & sends you all a virtual egg!
January 19th, 2016  
You realise that all the feed that you give her goes into the egg that she lays at home! Somewhere along the line - thats not really fair! However she is obviously more than a hen - a friend! Now if you said toast and peanut butter, I would agree with you!
January 19th, 2016  
Ginger is obviously intelligent as well as handsome!
January 19th, 2016  
Super capture, made me smile :)
January 19th, 2016  
@maggiemae Peanut butter, something I have never tried nor fancied maggiemae. The choice of pudding at the restaurant last week was peanut butter donut with raspberries & something else, sounded delicious except for the peanut butter bit.
January 19th, 2016  
@quietpurplehaze Too right Hazel!
January 19th, 2016  
@kimcrisp She makes us smile too Kim!
January 19th, 2016  
@newbank Yes then you end up rushing it & not getting the full content, I was like that this morning rushing to see what happens at the end!
January 19th, 2016  
Wonderful capture, toast and butter yum yes i could live off that too but it has to be BUTTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbI4vpu4J3o
January 19th, 2016  
lovely colors.
January 19th, 2016  
@bizziebeeme proper butter!
January 19th, 2016  
@pennyrae Thank you Penny.
January 19th, 2016  
Ginger looks fabulous Pat , very nice photo of her too :)
January 19th, 2016  
Ginger is quite a gadabout isn't she.
Apricot jam on toast sounds nice. I just lemon and lime marmalade on raisin toast. Yum.
January 19th, 2016  
Fun capture! Love how the chicken is posing for the shot!
January 19th, 2016  
What a lovely hen and great capture - Fav
January 19th, 2016  
She looks as if she clearly has a destination in mind
January 19th, 2016  
This is a wonderful shot of the chicken. Well done.
January 20th, 2016  
I LOVE Ginger....Great color and I love that she looks like she is strutting. Does she come in when she knocks. How sweet!!
January 20th, 2016  
Gorgeous image of Ginger. When you come to NZ, try some of 'Craigs' jam - the apricot reduced sugar one is fabulous! More fruit in the reduced sugar jar and a bit of a bite to it.
January 20th, 2016  
Healthy chook
January 20th, 2016  
Nice focus onnthe chicken. Is that homemade apricot jam?
January 20th, 2016  
I love our chickens. They're so funny. Mine come to the kitchen door and bang on it! They're always sneaking in the house too!
January 20th, 2016  
Oh Pat you must try peanut butter on hot white toast. ts heaven. like jam too by the way. Ginger looks like a gal on a mission. Thanks for the book tip, I've just put it on hold at the library. I am reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - cant put it down.
January 20th, 2016  
I wonder if you give Ginger titbits ?
January 20th, 2016  
Great shot of Ginger. Toast and jam. Yes please. What is there about the smell of hot toast!
January 20th, 2016  
Nice shot. I find it very difficult to get chicken's heads in focus as they move them so quickly.
January 20th, 2016  
Amazing clarity. Love her expression.
January 20th, 2016  
LOL cool shot!
January 20th, 2016  
Show Ginger the door on the oven, OK I don't mean it, it's a lovely chook.
January 20th, 2016  
Cutie.
January 20th, 2016  
Lovely clear shot & background!
January 20th, 2016  
Haha, such a good title Pat!
January 25th, 2016  
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