I thought it might be nice to pass the time sharing some photos we take during the lockdown. I'm finding things in the house and garden, plants are my starting point.

This is a plant that flowers about four times a year; these were taken two days apart

garden-7 by Dan, on Flickr

flowers-12 by Dan, on Flickr

 

Nice to see the Christmas cactus in bloom. Mine used to be really early and over by now.

I got some eggs from the butcher the other day. Free range, organic and white! Haven't seen white hens eggs for years.

 

So it's a Christmas cactus! It sits above a radiator and keeps giving us these wonderful flowers.

Which breed gives white eggs? I heard someone talking about white eggs the other day, but I don't think I was paying attention.

 

White chickens give white eggs, brown hens brown ones

 

It's that simple... Obvious now you say that. White dog poo?

 

What mine used to love was on an overcast but warm day, take them outside and water them all over with a watering can! I used to see the new growth afterwards all over them!

 

Bones in the diet.

 

How do you explain the blue eggs that my friend's hen, Elvis, used to lay? She wasn't blue!

 

I must admit I thought it was in the feed.
Blue egss? Duck?

 

A handful of chicken breeds lay blue/green eggs. They're not commercial breeds and the eggs taste no different to white or brown, but they're a good money spinner to a certain shopper demographic.

 

Blue suede shoes. Surprised you had to ask.

 

Should add that would be the same demographic that would be horrified if they knew the hens were genetically modified.

 

I challenged my Workshop peeps to take ten photos of the same room every day for a week. Today is Day 4. Things are getting...abstract.

Definitely a hen. A brown hen. Lynn rescues ex battery hensand gives them a decent end of life oncethefactory has declaredthem eggless Nearly all of them start laying again after awhile

 

We get blue eggs, white eggs and brown eggs from various breeds, depending on where we shop. I often poach different eggs together. We can tell apart some of the eggs with no difficulty. Often do a blind taste for my wife. Not saying it's because they are blue as such but that some eggs are far nicer.

 

Taste is down to what the hens have been fed on. Unless your eggs have come from hens that have been housed together and fed the same diet, then there will be variation in flavour.

 

Ahh ok. Thanks

 

I remember a period when hens were being fed fishmeal.
The eggs tasted disgusting.

 

Like big caviar?

 

Not as nice! The brain and tastebuds rebelled.

 

So you are saying caviar is nice?
Vomit emoji needed.