babica hen & chicks

i know, i know...i tell you this every year. because every spring for as long as i can remember, i've gone to Wilco to look at the baby chicks. what's new this time is that i went yesterday knowing that next time i go--in a few weeks or less--i get to pick out whichever ones i want and bring them home, all fluffy and peeping under the heatlamps in our shop! this tickles and delights me more than i can even describe. when it's warm enough, they'll get their new coop and grassy home. i'm getting egg layers and will name them (i already have names picked out) knowing that it's possible a hawk will get them...it's always worth the risk to love, however, even if it's a feathery little ball that fits in your hand. speaking of hens, i tried a new breakfast place today, the local babica hen, and it's delicious! always so nice to have a classy local place to take myself out to or out-of-town guests. beautiful, warm interior with a restaurant garden outside. oh, and p.s. like the ones we'll be having in a few months at home, i could tell that my eggs tasted organic.