Pecking Order

Pecking order. Do you know where that phrase comes from? If your guess would be chickens, you'd be right, and I just got a first-hand experience at what happens when the pecking order in a hen house changes.

I've had two roosters for a while. One of them was particularly mean. He's now in a cage waiting to become dumplings. :) Yep, that's how I roll.

Anyway... Guess what? Uh-huh, the pecking order has changed.

Now that Mr. Meanie is gone. Mr. Meanie x2 has emerged. I've taken to carrying a stick with me to the hen house so I don't get spurred. Today, I grabbed up my bucket of feed and my handy-dandy stick and trotted my happy, little self out to the coop, opened the door, kept my stick ready to swing, and dumped in the feed. I was going good ... till he got past the stick.

Round 1: Rooster meets stick. Four! Rooster comes back for more.
Round 2: Rooster meets boot. Rooster steps back and stares trying to decide if I'm worth the effort.
Round 3: Rooster gets another boot to get the message and finally decides "Hmm. She means business." He turns and retreats. :)

I win! This battle at least. I pray there is never a round 4.

How about you? Any rooster rounds to mention? Got any ideas on what this rooster should be named?

I'm on Stitches Thru Time Interviewing YA Author Laura Jackson

Howdy y'all! I get to introduce you to another amazing Texan today on Stitches Thru Time. Laura Jackson's debut novel, Worth the Wait, released this week, so come on by and wish her well and see what her story is all about. :)

Even in Texas

Just had to share the view I woke up to this morning. Yes, folks, even in Texas it does snow on rare occasions. This beautiful white blanket reminds me of the verse in Isaiah 1 where God challenges---

"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

There is nothing that we've done that God can't wipe away. He is the only One who can give us a fresh start, a new life. I'm so grateful for His forgiveness and grace that He supplies to all who come to Him.

What do you think of when you see a blanket of snow?