The Ciel Show for Sunday, April 9, 2017

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Going to the market

There was a spring market today downtown, and I came home with some green duck eggs, some mixed-color chicken eggs, a loaf of pumpernickle sourdough bread, an a jar of strawberry marsala jam, and some apple butter. I've been looking for 'back yard' eggs for some time now, to get away from buying the industrially produced ones. And I've been wanting to try duck eggs for a while, too. Likewise, this is the first time I've found pumpernickle sourdough in a long time! I might have to have breakfast... Sign in to see full entry.

14-18 days

That's the gestation period for the Eurasion Collared Dove egg. Since I first noticed these two eggs in the nest on my front deck around March 28, this means hatching can be expected within the next few days. It takes almost 20 days further for the chicks to be fully fledged. After that, perhaps I can have the use of my deck back again. The foot of snow day has been followed by temps rising to the 70s, with sunshine. It is window-opening time! That's this week, anyway. Next week, who knows? Sign in to see full entry.

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