sometimes i wished we had designed a little mailbox for the chicken coop
for all of the thank you notes i have wanted to send our hens.

dear gals,
the other day our neighbor stopped by to give us a basket of cherry tomatoes from her garden. i wanted to reciprocate and opened up your coop and filled a basket of your eggs to give to her. she was delighted.

today someone we met at the garage sale last weekend stopped by with a box of homemade baked goods. i asked her if she would like some eggs in exchange and her face lit up.

the other night i was too tired to think about dinner. i pulled some of your eggs from the fridge and mixed them with some swiss chard from the garden and a proper meal was born within minutes.

last week we pulled out all of the ingredients to bake cookies but quickly realized we were out of eggs. norah ran to the coop and there were two sitting there as if they were waiting to be turned into chocolate chip cookies.

and whenever i am in a pinch while packing lunches there are always eggs to be hard boiled.

your eggs are a gift.
and we thank you.

sincerely,
the lady with the dark hair who feeds you sunflower seeds each morning.