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The Long Awaited Pond!

8JuneSuzanne9 CommentsHome in the Rookerypond installation do it yourself one day fish water garden pond liner

It was all the turtle’s fault.Â It’s true that I’ve been pining after a water garden or pond for at least a dozen years now–and have the books to prove it–but I had other things that needed doing and a pond wasn’t on the list. Then I saw the turtle in the middle of the

Writing in Pictures

17MaySuzanne6 CommentsHome in the Rookerycaique conure silkie chicken crash patotoe australia, parrots tweeters

My words are all taken with writing projects, so you’re getting pics instead.Â Consider it my 1,000 word gift of eye candyÂ to tie you over til your Friday comes. 😀 The parrots who are the cause of all the trouble.Â If in doubt, blame the parrots. The lucky blueberry surprise–I could’ve sworn this pot was

Happy May Day!

1MaySuzanne10 CommentsChickens and Fabulous Fowl, Home in the Rookery, Writing

The roses are blooming, the bees are buzzing, and weÂ topped out atÂ 90 degrees today.Â Â Sounds like aÂ good time to curl up for a nap, right? Well, you might want to hold on to your tail!Â I think we’re officialyÂ flown past spring and are hurtling toward summer at about, oh, 90 miles an hour!Â And that seems

The Thirteenth Factor

13AprilSuzanne6 CommentsChickens and Fabulous Fowl, Home in the Rookery, Writing

Friday the thirteenth is always one of my favorite days.Â It just feels like anything should be possible, you know?Â Kind of like a blue moon actually taking place.Â But in order for such a wondrous day to occur, there has to be a bit of quirky in the week building up to it. I

One Man’s Treat is Another Man’s Poison

6AprilSuzanne3 CommentsHome in the Rookery, The Human Conditionpeanut butter allergy dealing with recipes epipen fighting back living without magazine

Gooey nutty pies, gorgeous peanut butter mousse, molten peanut butter cake, darling peanut butter pops, and of course, anything made with the classic peanut butter cookie. I’m sure it looks gorgeous to you, but it makes me want to gag.Â Literally. There’s no getting away from peanuts, no matter how hardÂ I try.Â That was the

What Do Dragons Eat?

22MarchSuzanne4 CommentsDragons, Home in the Rookery, Just for Laughs

Sometimes it feels as if weÂ run through our days just one step aheadÂ of a very hungry dragon.Â He feeds on the stuff of life–time, love, laughter, tears–and if we ever slow down he will feed on us, too.Â Once in awhileÂ we turnÂ and faceÂ the dragon.Â With great daring, we fight him back and win ourselves a

Did I Say No Penguins?

7MarchSuzanne25 CommentsChickens and Fabulous Fowl, Home in the Rookeryblack copper marans chicks penguin silkie splash chicken cute fun

After our last trip to the St. Louis zoo, the kids were really begging for some flippery friends in tuxedos, but I held firm.Â Or, I thought I did.Â Then our Black Copper Marans chicks showed up today, andÂ I wondered if they’d somehow slipped their penguin chicks past me! This guyÂ is still decidingÂ who he is.Â

A Year of Dragon Celebrations

29FebruarySuzanne6 CommentsFolklore and Myth, Home in the Rookerydragon year chinese earrings tolkien smaug hobbit dragon collection

Maybe it’s the fire, cause we all know I’m a pyro.Â Maybe it’s the ability to fly, or their grace and beauty, but I’ve always loved dragons.Â That I was born in the year of the dragon was my very first birthday gift, and has the added benefit of making me destined for greatness! lol

When Life Sends a Snow Day…

20FebruarySuzanne1 CommentHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughssnow day dog hot chocolate snowman guinea funny joke laugh humor

It’s just too cold for lemonade!Â So what is a sensible person to do? If you’re a dog, you tear into a giant snow ball. If you’re aÂ guinea, youÂ fly into the highest tree and stay there. If you’re a girl, youÂ make a snowman with super-sonic spikey eyes. And if you’re me?Â Â You make hot chocolate! Happy

Check Out Our First Chick!

17FebruarySuzanne17 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Just for Laughssilkie chick hatch pip incubator laugh funny joke chicken chick hatching

Having given birth to two kids, you’d think I’d know how to wait patiently and gracefullyÂ for baby’s arrival. Nope. Our first home-grown silkie chick pipped (broke the shell) yesterday morning around 6:00am, but then proceeded to do absolutely nothing.Â After many long hours of nothing–she rocked her egg a bit.Â Then she started peeping distressingly,

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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