tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9536050543918915992024-02-06T18:18:28.336-08:00the exploits of chicken hatfingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-59122357156411563242009-10-07T01:10:00.001-07:002009-10-07T01:14:11.781-07:00Chicken hat celebrates the Moon Festival, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJH-PEdOHMpBjEemjs0u_54-Wqc2P85pwXTST-emnD8_AFemg1GSkErZqXB1tjfM5EJqWtO4oapcX0vooNlF5Q2P-bfOpgtYtrSmeLdmZb0cyYUz4ENU4XxVNPzoj_Nq0615fSBm64fLs/s1600-h/10-7-09.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJH-PEdOHMpBjEemjs0u_54-Wqc2P85pwXTST-emnD8_AFemg1GSkErZqXB1tjfM5EJqWtO4oapcX0vooNlF5Q2P-bfOpgtYtrSmeLdmZb0cyYUz4ENU4XxVNPzoj_Nq0615fSBm64fLs/s400/10-7-09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389767817129872290" /></a><br /><br />Once again, chicken hat went out to watch the moon rise over the Alvord Desert, in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. More photos <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3644049&l=505d86d740&id=712837802">here</a>!fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-65183807531020102982008-12-20T21:15:00.003-08:002008-12-20T21:18:19.359-08:00Chicken hat says"burr..."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRig8CrdNzpZqAsxJam6EzjYlRknexfPax2a25pjx7kkaEx9oX5eJULjRWwt-YxLVDu6fuohTv_UraBVgUj4YKaBVqkpYPjgcIUM-6X_0wUZeI7p7X3Tyzr6gvHk3oxseQRjIT2T6FIo/s1600-h/12-20-08-b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRig8CrdNzpZqAsxJam6EzjYlRknexfPax2a25pjx7kkaEx9oX5eJULjRWwt-YxLVDu6fuohTv_UraBVgUj4YKaBVqkpYPjgcIUM-6X_0wUZeI7p7X3Tyzr6gvHk3oxseQRjIT2T6FIo/s400/12-20-08-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282108128190503282" /></a>fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-89201365730228678282008-09-18T23:11:00.000-07:002008-09-19T00:02:31.843-07:00Chicken hat celebrates the Moon Festival!Chicken Hat and Friends of Chicken Hat went out to the Steens to watch the full moon rise over the Alvord Desert. And a fine time was had by all. We had everything we needed:<br /><br />The tea,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BBZCmPSX4bBGhYYD7HMuBo_Q2d-P4YTwBe435WFrLHJiA6GxfyVrvY-mlqdOzQqQArJw0rbSi9hJ7ELknFpSA1YRiUxlydaTodm_bdmPWe6ELkQ-F28J821b6CGPcE1cFN_RifThLGY/s1600-h/9-18-08-a.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BBZCmPSX4bBGhYYD7HMuBo_Q2d-P4YTwBe435WFrLHJiA6GxfyVrvY-mlqdOzQqQArJw0rbSi9hJ7ELknFpSA1YRiUxlydaTodm_bdmPWe6ELkQ-F28J821b6CGPcE1cFN_RifThLGY/s400/9-18-08-a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247611502235618354" /></a><br /><br />The mooncakes,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dgtr0Ux9_n2viBRbISv8ersMTIuDNL2ze9IekZ4LkiLh5wPxYbLBxzI6V4cuURc8lRuk_0a2LCLd_WID3olAN96mqOBsSVeaAOQT4hSq4K2T3Muuooi-h0udWbve09204upbzvvzBok/s1600-h/9-18-08-b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dgtr0Ux9_n2viBRbISv8ersMTIuDNL2ze9IekZ4LkiLh5wPxYbLBxzI6V4cuURc8lRuk_0a2LCLd_WID3olAN96mqOBsSVeaAOQT4hSq4K2T3Muuooi-h0udWbve09204upbzvvzBok/s400/9-18-08-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247611499456031426" /></a><br /><br />The Chicken Hat and the the Chicken Hat BFF,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSseRkfR3sW36oRzTYU2cynN7cknsXMqZ1Qf_z5Ba4KyJVGpFtn6TBZAEEbuX9d4pCxUzpRg4MQLXmeGrIj81HdPHuWXtNKNYE4zd3BYcCMP9CQ0hMS9LxgIVtydP_EKxuc5oCB4b-2SY/s1600-h/9-18-08-c.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSseRkfR3sW36oRzTYU2cynN7cknsXMqZ1Qf_z5Ba4KyJVGpFtn6TBZAEEbuX9d4pCxUzpRg4MQLXmeGrIj81HdPHuWXtNKNYE4zd3BYcCMP9CQ0hMS9LxgIVtydP_EKxuc5oCB4b-2SY/s400/9-18-08-c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247611503772791378" /></a><br /><br />The moonrise—I was really surprised at how well this worked—handheld at 1/60, with the flash lighting the desert floor,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1E_T0TYn9fzgtfzF6gitEMJ1wJCnpPmLYZ5f_kWqCqz19WcN-CxwWnsWJY0rMDYxGmbFGbrvtIZ5oE98YpAFSv6PRSZVJ9RAtIemndxRcDgOTPkpvfA-q4NyhQH8G35jKQIQCWglrIk/s1600-h/9-18-08-d.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1E_T0TYn9fzgtfzF6gitEMJ1wJCnpPmLYZ5f_kWqCqz19WcN-CxwWnsWJY0rMDYxGmbFGbrvtIZ5oE98YpAFSv6PRSZVJ9RAtIemndxRcDgOTPkpvfA-q4NyhQH8G35jKQIQCWglrIk/s400/9-18-08-d.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247623534746825154" /></a><br /><br />(The bad compression job is by blogger, not by me.)<br /><br />And the Friends of Chicken Hat,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA57vnJd0ox-04I2_chNqfzWhrOBTrhrCJ5MSfMY7xMrA7E2EbAVrl4yNLKOKqoZ7VOS-P-95PdD1znrImrz2vERreQ1gd0Mn8GBMuwxhH4uTvCLFgZFY_vBjk8toXSVd9HQ-d89fb4U/s1600-h/9-18-08-e.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTA57vnJd0ox-04I2_chNqfzWhrOBTrhrCJ5MSfMY7xMrA7E2EbAVrl4yNLKOKqoZ7VOS-P-95PdD1znrImrz2vERreQ1gd0Mn8GBMuwxhH4uTvCLFgZFY_vBjk8toXSVd9HQ-d89fb4U/s400/9-18-08-e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247611507877433746" /></a>fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-47691572141447087942008-03-11T20:16:00.000-07:002008-03-11T21:14:06.817-07:00Oooh, my first tag!My <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398">Egghead</a> over at <a href="http://thelastbedroom.blogspot.com/">The Last Bedroom</a> tagged me, for 7 Facts About My Intriguing Self! Now, how about that? I'm happy to oblige, of course.<br /><br />One: I'm a member of Hensa, a group of highly intelligent birds.<br /><br />Two: My hobbies are looking pretty and going to the theater, but I have a Day Job too, and that is to keep my Egghead's, um, head, warm.<br /><br />Three: I have no teeth, not even really little ones.<br /><br />Four: My best friend is a tea cozy.<br /><br />Five: My other best friend is a lumpy.<br /><br />Six: I was born at <a href="http://livandlotus.com/">Liv & Lotus's</a>, and I had many sisters and, uh, more sisters.<br /><br />Seven: I was custom made for my Egghead's especially large and oh-I'm-allergic-to-wool head! So you know I really am special. <br /><br />Well, I guess my seven is up. But I think maybe I'll play this game again and tell you even more fascinating things about myself!fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-58082413130785597852008-01-21T13:06:00.001-08:002008-01-21T17:22:11.104-08:00Chicken hat goes to a fancy partyIt was as fancy a party as chicken hat had ever seen! So many people there. There was food, alcoholic beverages (but chicken hat did not partake), and there was even gamblin'! A very bright light was going off every few seconds all around chicken hat and all around the room. Chicken hat was getting a little confused what with all the bright lights, but she has recovered.<br /><br />Chicken was served at dinner...hmmm.<br /><br />But, on the bright side, chicken hat has a new fancy coat, which she wore to the party. Ignore the egghead between chicken hat and the coat, please. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJMNgQ9n8Oh-Iz9KjNeOxy7YjPb5v3gofEVkqynF3L-AWwU_UUpGnFMCRG7cqhaF8M-Ix2p00Lno15A3hB8JFxrkUFs_IRxZAMyJliHeuW6rJ9yQYRMOpWAPRFrXSylG4JeiIAa94MTo/s1600-h/1-21-08-b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJMNgQ9n8Oh-Iz9KjNeOxy7YjPb5v3gofEVkqynF3L-AWwU_UUpGnFMCRG7cqhaF8M-Ix2p00Lno15A3hB8JFxrkUFs_IRxZAMyJliHeuW6rJ9yQYRMOpWAPRFrXSylG4JeiIAa94MTo/s400/1-21-08-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158039346008100866" /></a><br /><br />Photo credit: Donald Craigfingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-57668421762516376752008-01-05T21:16:00.000-08:002008-01-05T21:24:33.571-08:00Life of the partyA lampshade wearing chicken hat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCLqn5eN8-gWBfAjVPCvvsaiG0kzUOhOTzp-k4SfrLxvuEKd-b1NWpmYiA4kfWfOi7H_B_wMQqIQL4sAGRYVk7zSJHHsaDFbpW63TLbBfh8bucsdfbUqfHDZLVSRHwu8QQwm59TOVWVw/s1600-h/1-5-08-a.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCLqn5eN8-gWBfAjVPCvvsaiG0kzUOhOTzp-k4SfrLxvuEKd-b1NWpmYiA4kfWfOi7H_B_wMQqIQL4sAGRYVk7zSJHHsaDFbpW63TLbBfh8bucsdfbUqfHDZLVSRHwu8QQwm59TOVWVw/s400/1-5-08-a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152228530134519506" /></a><br /><br />And later, chicken hat courageously rode the roaring lion garbage can. Kids, don't try this at home!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TB_X1jV7jaaW2apQAb2DOGSFa3VF6vSBFGlu-ONBbnp6kt5WjvlHFBxw3gpHpJmbgcNY_cKJTU3Ok_IiU2niqFHKNLNDyuvm2Grw6LTzY-iMWiWaclAvnvt0rf72gKJyxSVsJjmAluE/s1600-h/1-5-08-b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TB_X1jV7jaaW2apQAb2DOGSFa3VF6vSBFGlu-ONBbnp6kt5WjvlHFBxw3gpHpJmbgcNY_cKJTU3Ok_IiU2niqFHKNLNDyuvm2Grw6LTzY-iMWiWaclAvnvt0rf72gKJyxSVsJjmAluE/s400/1-5-08-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152228590264061666" /></a>fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-2102851672954223952007-12-16T23:17:00.000-08:002007-12-16T23:20:00.322-08:00chicken hat meets the scrooge<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhuiLAiI8lDmKDVBONboSFYt7bvZppkeImZVO7_Fk0A_BnzrBOzMLtz_PPMtOJ2XmzfdIku5lZZC7JIDJoA80kqSlMSOVBsRCjd6RFj63aGbLQKbogneb8eHAb-dheoN-lWKUmRj4r-k/s1600-h/12-16-07.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhuiLAiI8lDmKDVBONboSFYt7bvZppkeImZVO7_Fk0A_BnzrBOzMLtz_PPMtOJ2XmzfdIku5lZZC7JIDJoA80kqSlMSOVBsRCjd6RFj63aGbLQKbogneb8eHAb-dheoN-lWKUmRj4r-k/s400/12-16-07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144837849195810210" /></a>fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-43440476826282250362007-12-15T21:29:00.000-08:002007-12-15T21:38:17.809-08:00chicken hat goes to the operaThe Metropolitan Opera, that is, where the chicken hat enjoyed Romeo et Juliette.<br /><br />Juliette (Anna the Treb) got out of the gate on a screechy sour note, on her very first line, but chicken hat is happy to report that she warmed up after that and so no cackling was necessary.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQOLWloT2m-F1g5QZKhtBD5xUuOwCWssiQdFkri_M2EGyit4ulilKqtCLfJUPoZ31AOq-O4PdnGhVsKD21hzp67JEUmk1kxFt4Du-H0k4V-bhL0GIskCseYuKDrPv0xyYoDenUwMXToc/s1600-h/12-15-07-b.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQOLWloT2m-F1g5QZKhtBD5xUuOwCWssiQdFkri_M2EGyit4ulilKqtCLfJUPoZ31AOq-O4PdnGhVsKD21hzp67JEUmk1kxFt4Du-H0k4V-bhL0GIskCseYuKDrPv0xyYoDenUwMXToc/s400/12-15-07-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144438876798782866" /></a>fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953605054391891599.post-54266889954766689872007-12-15T21:28:00.000-08:002007-12-15T21:39:21.494-08:00chicken hat contemplates her eggs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHWDrTlhAEzIeXWVP3gxTdc-z5vQQU3_i5VF6FEW-ymH43lpOiF5sdFxEJv21bI0YAXiEChMxa9uYebs825NmzaqQcI-7RLZAK_hukOuFMXV1P_rgrMv-T4S_8laQoPD7WhLKGsJ7Uo8/s1600-h/12-15-07-a.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHWDrTlhAEzIeXWVP3gxTdc-z5vQQU3_i5VF6FEW-ymH43lpOiF5sdFxEJv21bI0YAXiEChMxa9uYebs825NmzaqQcI-7RLZAK_hukOuFMXV1P_rgrMv-T4S_8laQoPD7WhLKGsJ7Uo8/s400/12-15-07-a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144438606215843202" /></a>fingerstothebonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410312376236327398noreply@blogger.com4