You can tell spring is but a knat's crotchet away from Us.
The weather remains cold but there is hope in the air
The new warrens, and the Crackhead whores are banging out the eggs like there is no tomorrow, so much so, that a small mountain of eggs have grown in the kitchen like Richard Dreyfus's Devil's Tower in Close Encounters
I have had an idea though. From this week I will start to seek out village volunteer bakers for my OPEN ALLOTMENT DAY on the 1st of September and will offer them some free eggs in turn for providing me with some cakes and produce for the cake stall.
Ok it's all just bit of eggy blackmail
So locals beware of a scruffy bastard bearing gifts
Wow, look at the beautiful eggs! My hens and ducks are still on strike. I hope spring comes soon.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous eggs...each one a work of art.
ReplyDeleteThat's what Chris says.
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ReplyDeleteOops, sorry...bit of a typo going on in my last comment there! Are you going to do a series of dummy runs in the cake baking department though, John? Obviously the cakes would need to be tasted and approved....possibly several times over...before your Open Allotment Day!
ReplyDeleteI do sincerely hope you're not 'baring' your gifts. I'd rather you were just bearing them...
ReplyDeleteWow, wish I lived near you, I'd gladly bake for you in exchange for eggs.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful eggs.
ReplyDeleteI was just think, like @Kate, you would need to taste test.
cheers, parsnip
I'd do it but my cakes are shit :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are on Hannah! I have already earmaked you for the tea tent!
DeleteHaha, okay. Adam said he'd help as well (if you want him to, of course!). He makes the best tea around!
DeleteI think I might start on a compilation of quirky expressions found in your writing. "Gnat's crotchet" is a good place to start. Also, all that talk of eggs and cakes has left my tummy rumbling.
ReplyDeleteYou are shameless!
ReplyDeleteJane x
How lovely and I'd say go for it!
ReplyDeleteOh... I'm drooling all over my laptop! There is NOTHING like an egg "fresh from the chicken"... those yolks stand up at attention! And SO orange. I knew a woman who put orange food coloring in her (homemade) noodles to make them look like they were made from fresh eggs. Now... that's deceitful!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, custard pie! That uses lots of eggs.
ReplyDeleteI believe you may need a long haired white cat - mwah ha ha ha!
ReplyDeletea good trade...I love the bowl of eggs--nice photo!
ReplyDeletejust makes me want to whip up a pastry or two...... who lays blue eggs?
I have two Aracunas who lay blue eggs
DeleteI'll acknowledge spring when I get warm. Beautiful eggs, however.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good plan John.
ReplyDeleteNow i wish i was your neighbor, glad you felling better and your well taken care of chicks are rewarding you with lots of eggs.
ReplyDeleteSue.M
Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThose eggs look suspiciously like the ones from my friends who live in Cardigan, Wales. No, not their eggs, their chicken's eggs.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a fowl posting.
My 6 hens are kicking my arse with eggs, now.
ReplyDeleteDo you know how lucky you are to have fresh laid eggs? Must be great.
ReplyDeleteJust the phrase "eggy blackmail" made me laugh
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! That's egg-xactly what you should do.
ReplyDeleteIf you got a permanent marker you could draw a little John Gray face on each egg then everybody would want your eggs. They'd come from far and wide - even from Rhyl where protein, like physical beauty, is in short supply
ReplyDeleteNice eggs; nice bowl. My 3 are back to ONE a day, but you give me hope.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good idea to me !
ReplyDeleteWow, not bad for crackheads! I bet they taste great.
ReplyDeleteWon't have have gone off by then?
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You could make your own Scotch eggs with that surplus. ;) Sorry, I couldn't resist teasing you. They were not that difficult to make. Still love the blog, keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for saying that x
DeleteEggsallant John just eggsallant !
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