I’ve talked about how much I love chickens, eggs and flowers. Then there are the roosters. What is more majestic? They strut. They crow. They’re flashy. How can they be otherwise. They’re feathers have an iridescent quality and they’re so dramatic. This quilt is named “Brainiac: He’s So Bright!”
This one is “Himself” He is so self important. Not just because he’s won awards but because he rules the roost. Everyone knows it. Well, everyone who’s lived with a rooster.
In the summer, chickens are at their best when they get to wander around in the yard. They peck around among the flowers and sometimes lay eggs there too! Their clucks are very appealing. The way they shake and ruffle up their feathers is so much fun. I even love the way they separate into their own paths and then suddenly converge on each other and fuss…..like kids in the school yard.
I love themes with chickens, roosters, eggs and flowers. I can’t resist popping them into a quilt or painting. The chicken gathering her own bouquet (above) is in the center of this quilt and the four corners have these little egg-lilly vignettes.
These two (above) are also gathering flowers. They have totally different taste though, as you can see. There is a magnetic quality, in my opinion, in flowers and eggs. They’re both fragile but contain inestimable power. They’re both mystical. They both feed the soul.