Monday, August 20, 2012

The Kudzu Adventure


The lovely Traveling Chicken and her entourage arrived safely here in Georgia a few days ago from Sandy Sandy in New Jersey. They were very happy to fluff their feathers after being cooped up in the Express Mail box and bubble wrap! 

After getting acquainted I was showing the little chick around. During a tour of my backyard I became distracted by a phone call and I turned my back on her for only a few minutes. When I returned she was nowhere to be found! I last saw her scratching around near a wooded area in the far back part of my property. I searched high and low becoming increasingly frantic! I know she has a mind (bird brain) of her own and can sometimes be a handful so I was afraid she had wondered off! Or maybe had been eaten by some critter...  Eeeks!



Then, thank goodness, I heard her little clucks and found her dangling several feet off the ground near my fence. A Kudzu vine had hooked through her tiny pink ribbon and had hoisted her up where she was helplessly hanging. Some say Kudzu is the "vine that ate the south"... it grows so fast we're afraid down here to leave a window open at night! (Guess you can't leave your little chicken in the backyard either!) I rescued her, calmed her down and smoothed her little feathers. Whew, that was a close one! Now that the ordeal is all over, she tells me it was actually kind of fun sailing through the air! She felt like she could fly!

Next she will be on her way to visit Karen d’Angeac Mihm in Wisconsin. Thanks to Azra who hatched this idea and launched her on her journey. And thanks to all of her previous hosts who have added so much by weaving stories and art around her adventures! 

I’m happy I was able to be part of this!



Thursday, August 9, 2012

Bridging the Gap

The past few days with TC have been spent relaxing here at home, on the Sandarosa. We've made great strides in bridging the gap between people and poultry!


I've learned a lot about her in this short time. Putting her into this painting of a Bridge Over a Pond by Claude Monet made quite an IMPRESSION on her! Monet is not her favorite painter, however. You can see where her true love in art and in men lies, today on:




Tuesday, August 7, 2012

She's HERE!


The Little Traveling Chicken
got here last night!

Today our guests wanted to relax
and enjoy some down time.

They went outside with me.

After a little photo shoot,
TC and crew spotted our new
seed holding, bench rockin' chair.

I couldn't tear them away from it!
All agreed, it was just what the doctor ordered. 

The rest of the afternoon was spent
drinking Coronas, scratching seed,
unwinding and getting to know each other.



See more photos featuring
today on my blog.

"It is only in the country that we can
get to know a person or a book".  ~ Cyril Connolly



Sunday, August 5, 2012

Eagerly Awaiting Their Arrival!

THE LITTLE TRAVELING CHICK
IS ON HER WAY TO ME, Y A H O O ! !

HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE ALL IN ONE PIECE!

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING ADVENTURES, THAT I  HAVE  BEGUN DRAWING AND PAINTING TC AND HER TROUPE FROM JILL POLSBY'S PHOTOS.


I'VE NEVER HAD A CELEBRITY COME VISIT
AND PLAN ON SHOWING EVERYONE A GRAND OLE TIME.

 I'VE GOT SO MANY IDEAS,
THEY MAY NEED TO STAY HERE FOR WEEKS!

You can see more thoughts and watercolor sketches
featuring The famous Traveling Chicken and Entourage here on


Saturday, August 4, 2012

Not Her Type


My, that Traveling Chicken is a cute gal. She really made an impression of my little friend here.  He quickly offered her a Tsingtao beer, but she said she preferred the South of the Border type (from what I've read in more ways than just her beer selection.) They agreed to let me paint them together - acrylic on watercolor paper - while they chatted. I must say he got all wound up for her, but she was kind and let him down easy. So now she and her "troop" are nearly packed up and ready to fly off to Sandy Sandy in New Jersey. I do hope in the future she'll come back for a return visit. We could go to Malibu beach, Disneyland,  Hollywood, Beverly Hills......
Thanks to you all for the comments on my blog regarding our little friend here. And, Azra, if we all get to travel around a bit via her, then we have you to thank for sending her out bravely into the world. (She's only been smashed once, hopefully that'll be it!)
Cheers and God's Peace!
Karen Stitt