Happy Chickens Lay Healthy Eggs

What do happy chickens have to do with a 12-year-old boy who lives near Boston? Check out Orren's blog "Happy Chickens Lay Healthy Eggs." He talks about raising chickens, where our food comes from, and some other cool things, like a link to a surfing movie about appreciating where you're at. Here are some quotes from what he's writing on Twitter:

"Most kids my age would rather talk about and think about their gaming systems than what they are eating, oh well. Night."

"Just read that cows with named produce 6% more milk, (NYT Year in Ideas) 'Named cows are often treated nicely...happy cows make more milk'"

Here's the link to his blog: http://happychickenslayhealthyeggs.blogspot.com/

Here's the link to where you'll find him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HappyChickens

Suz

(Photo Source: http://happychickenslayhealthyeggs.blogspot.com/, photo taken by Orren's friend Morgan.)

Disney Christmas Special

Grab the popcorn my friends! Tonight there's a Disney Christmas special - ABC, 8:30/7:30C "Prep & Landing"http://tinyurl.com/yhyoscf

Starbucks Love Project

Starbucks is known for coffee, but you can get hot cocoa, steamed milk (with different flavors like raspberry) and even fruit/creme frapps (like a milkshake). They have a project going on right now to raise money for AIDS relief in Africa called the "Starbucks Love Project." You can participate in 3 ways.

• Free: draw a "Love" related picture (online using their art tool). They will donate $.05 cents for each drawing. (I drew, er painted, ummm moused, the picture above)
• Singing on December 7
• Purchase: Spend $15 at a Starbucks store, get a "Love" CD, and they will donate $1

Read more about the Starbucks Love Project.

Homemade Cards

Here's a Christmas card challenge:

1. Choose a holiday subject you like. In the photo above I picked "Hot Chocolate" because I love the song, and the drink!
2. Sketch your subject in the center of the page.
3. Write on the picture if you want. I wrote "Hot Chocolate" in the mug handle.
4. Next surround the subject in "Christmas-sy" shapes you can scatter them in a shape like a heart around the subject - or just cover the sheet. If you want to give the impression of a shape draw a guide to help you know where to "scatter" the tiny images. For the picture above the shape is a heart. I lightly sketched an outline of a heart to know how far out to draw and erased the shape when I was done.
5. Sketch (draw lightly) in pencil first so you can fix any mistakes. Then outline in felt-tip pen. Erase the pencil and color.
6. Scan to e-mail, or copy to mail out.

Have fun and feel free to share any pics with us of your cards! I know it's still November, but Happy Holidays anyways!

Suz

The Daily Wag

Like pets? How about dogs? Read "The Daily Wag" a blog about two Frenchies (Francesca & Sharkey) who live with Martha Stewart, for a playful look at the world through their eyes.

Suz

(Picture source: The Daily Wag blog - marthastewart.com)