The best explanation I can come up with for Minnie is that she has decided to give up the life of a cat and become a chicken. Yesterday, Maria reached under her while she was napping in the big barn on some hay and she pulled out an egg. Minnie was napping there, but it looked like she was trying to hatch the egg.

And of course, it is not common to see a barn cat napping on a rocking chair with a gray hen. Nor do chickens usually hop up next to barn cats. I confess I have no idea what’s going on, but I could take a photo of this every day. It’s like looking at a photo of Lenore, you just have to smile. And smiling is a good thing this week.