Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...

[Quail_Antwerp]

So this afternoon we went outside to make sure everyone still had water and/or freshened their water and E said if I kept them out of the garden, I could let the chooks out for some free ranging.

So I let everyone out, even the Marans, who weren't sure where they should go and hung fairly close to their own pen. It was like watching two groups of kids trying really hard NOT to interact with eachother out in the school yard

The chooks that had been here for awhile made a beeline for the woodline where most of the compost gets dumped. They had a grand ol' time digging for bugs and scratching around. Even though everyone had been fed in their pens early, they really enjoyed the 2 or 3 hours of free ranging they got today - and everyone was sporting pretty full crops at bedtime!

I took some fun pics of them while free ranging, and will try to upload them tomorrow.

Tonight, I'm tired. Heading to shower and going to bed.

 

[Marianne]

Oh yes, bless your heart darlin', Sometimes when I say it I really do mean it but then there are those times that it really is an insult.

Gotta love southern women.....we really know how to kiss your a$$ while we shove our foot up it don't we....

 

[emilosevich]

I had a friend from Arkansas explain "bless her heart" and "darlin' ". I'm a northerner though. I prefer the direct route ala Red Forman. "dumbass!!!!"

So with you on that one!

 

[Wifezilla]

Up north you don't have time for cleverly crafted backhanded compliments. You gotta get your point out quick before your lips freeze!

 

[lorihadams]

Too funny....there's lots of little southern phrases that I love but Bless your heart and darlin' are my two favorites. I call everybody darlin', I always have and it really is a term of endearment for most people But it also is helpful when you can't remember someone's name....

 

[JRmom]

Darlin', sweetie, honey, 'hon ... I use 'em all and never think twice about it, it's so engrained. It did get me a lot of perplexed looks when we lived in Cincinnati for a few years.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

...........that maybe I should start packing mine and Baby Girl's Hospital bag??/

 

[Wifezilla]

Might not be a bad idea

 

[gettinaclue]

Too funny....there's lots of little southern phrases that I love but Bless your heart and darlin' are my two favorites. I call everybody darlin', I always have and it really is a term of endearment for most people But it also is helpful when you can't remember someone's name....

I do the very same thing. Every one is Darlin, Sweetheart, Hon or even Babydoll...sometime I venture into "Sug"

I admit it. I'm terrible with names....but I'm great with faces. I'll know you 10 years from now if I see your face...but I won't know who you are LOL.

 

[pinkfox]

lol im british and say hon and darlin all the time...
along with duck...duck is a term of endearment where im from