full circle [leonard the rooster]

My hen house:

Spring.

Winter.

I'm very good at identifying the seasons!

And I'll tell you something else.

Between finding two snakes lurking in my chicken house,

and a crazy Polish attack-rooster named Leonard, I'm getting very close 

to needing anxiety medication to gather eggs these days.

That's Leonard, pictured above.

His time on this earth is drawing to a close end, I'm here to announce.

Another thing on the homestead about to meet its demise

is this lemon cake I made today.

First, I clearly didn't practice the fine art of spraying a bundt pan adequately.

And the entire top section stuck,

leaving a particular little Chinese boy wide-eyed and eager to dig into a pan-scraping appetizer

before his fish sticks at lunchtime.  

And to boot, I got a little wild and crazy with the whole grains again

and not only was my cake aesthetically-challenged, it was about as light and tasty

as a cinder block.

So, my chickens will be enjoying this hearty treat.

Perhaps this is just what Leonard needs.

See how I came full-circle with all this?

I think we all can agree that I'm long overdue for a good night's sleep.