More Random Thoughts

Chicken or Not?
Apparently Fluffy, the largest and ugliest of our hens, has started to crow. In the last week she(?) has developed lovely wattles (is that what they are called?) and a comb leading us to deduce that she is in fact a he. That explains a few things . . .

Work and the Weirdos
In order to fill the bank account a bit I've been taking whatever shifts I can at Vinoteca in addition to my time at la Pommeraie. I ended up doing Friday lunch at Vinoteca then zooming over to Merridale for dinner, Saturday was lunch and dinner at Merridale, then Sunday brunch at Merridale and an evening Christmas party dinner at Vinoteca. I am damn pooped! So far I'm still only Fri, Sat, Sun at Merridale though I've asked for more hours.

On to the weirdos: Sunday brunch we had a group of 6 that included two guys who didn't take off their ballcaps. Chris said it was the Clampett's Go to Town. They just about drove Tammy the server round the bend. First they needed to know if our eggs were organic and if so, what the chickens ate. Uh-huh. They also wanted to know what kind of duck was in the sandwich. Chris said "the kind that quack", I called our supplier but got the answering machine. They wanted a litre of cider to share, which seems normal until you realize that they were all drinking a different one. Ok-ay. Later they were asking how many apples it takes to make cider, how many trees there were, how many apples from each tree, etc, etc. I'm not sure how much was joking but it made for an interesting service . . .

Snow!
It snowed last night. Not much and it's quite wet, so should be gone soon. The bus driver must have been in shock though, seeing Selena wearing a coat this morning. //laugh//

Christmas Shopping!
I'd like to know how it got to be the end of November already. I'm now running around like a maniac trying to finish Christmas shopping. Can I say again how much I love Book Closeouts?!

Racism?
Yesterday I picked up a few groceries before getting Selena from the bus and was loading my car when this native woman appeared behind me asking for change. As I never have cash of any kind I politely said No. Then she asked for my buggy (to get the loonie) and I again politely said No. I've had that loonie for months now and if I give it away I'll be screwed next time I need a buggy. Anyway, the point of this little rant is that the woman moved on to the next white person in the lot completely ignoring the native lady parked next to me (who was better dressed than and had a nicer car that I do). Hmm . . .

Hydro Crews and the Trees
We have a Hydro easement through our property and every year the crews come through to cut down all the fast growing trees (maple, etc). They came yesterday, 4 guys with chainsaws (usually it's a big machine) and started cutting. No biggie, until I noticed 2 of them walking into the garden area between the two houses. Hmm. I thought they were reading the notes mum left on the big trees not to cut them. Nope, they started cutting down the cedar hedge! I phone mum and run out and start yelling at the same time, so they stop and stare. The lead guy is saying they were supposed to cut all conifers as well as the maple. Yeah, okay, but buddy that's a f-ing hedge!! Oh, sorry. I hear one guy in the background saying, "if it's under the wires we cut it" and another guy saying "we don't cut things people have planted!". Good God! After explaining that A) that was a hedge (an ugly one but still), and B) it wasn't anywhere near 15ft tall (which is what we are allowed), they apologized and headed off. Luckily we stopped them because they probably would have gotten the little arbutus too.