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My aunt had a ceramic egg holder in the shape of a chicken
They called it Gertrude
El Loro posted:One of Google's more attractive doodles. Gertude Jekyll was a British garden designer. She was a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson who used her family name for his famous character.
Quite often referred to in discussions between Baz, Yogi and myself. 
Especially in the gardening thread.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:El Loro posted:One of Google's more attractive doodles. Gertude Jekyll was a British garden designer. She was a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson who used her family name for his famous character.
Quite often referred to in discussions between Baz, Yogi and myself.
Especially in the gardening thread.
It seems that it was one of Gertrude's brothers Walter who Stevenson named his character after.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:El Loro posted:One of Google's more attractive doodles. Gertude Jekyll was a British garden designer. She was a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson who used her family name for his famous character.
Quite often referred to in discussions between Baz, Yogi and myself.
Especially in the gardening thread.
Yes indeed 
Saint posted:My aunt had a ceramic egg holder in the shape of a chicken
They called it Gertrude
Iâve got one of those but itâs more colourful
Saint posted:
That's not more colourful, just lighter. 
Tiny head and massive body
I want huge kitchen so I can fill with such wonders
That was one of my favorite Google Doodles of all time. 
Also, you people are making me jealous with your chicken crockery. (Have I mentioned that I got a couple of (real) chickens this last summer? Now I'm all about chicken stuff....
The Doodle was created by the British artist Ben Giles for Google. If you want to see a larger version you can via his website:
https://benlewisgiles.format.com/2017#11
You'll need to scroll the screen right to left to get to it.
Lori posted:That was one of my favorite Google Doodles of all time.
Also, you people are making me jealous with your chicken crockery. (Have I mentioned that I got a couple of (real) chickens this last summer? Now I'm all about chicken stuff....
Do the chickens have names?
Yogi19 posted:Lori posted:That was one of my favorite Google Doodles of all time.
Also, you people are making me jealous with your chicken crockery. (Have I mentioned that I got a couple of (real) chickens this last summer? Now I'm all about chicken stuff....
Do they go cock-a-doodle-doo or cock-a-google-goo
El Loro posted:Yogi19 posted:Lori posted:That was one of my favorite Google Doodles of all time.
Also, you people are making me jealous with your chicken crockery. (Have I mentioned that I got a couple of (real) chickens this last summer? Now I'm all about chicken stuff....
Do they go cock-a-doodle-doo or cock-a-google-goo
El Loro posted:Yogi19 posted:Lori posted:That was one of my favorite Google Doodles of all time.
Also, you people are making me jealous with your chicken crockery. (Have I mentioned that I got a couple of (real) chickens this last summer? Now I'm all about chicken stuff....
Do they go cock-a-doodle-doo or cock-a-google-goo
Heh. You guys are so funny. I have two hens, named Biscuit and Poppy, and they don't make any cock-a-doodle-doo noises. They make cute little clucking noises, and they like to eat treats out of my hand. I should find a photo for you.
Lori posted:Heh. You guys are so funny. I have two hens, named Biscuit and Poppy, and they don't make any cock-a-doodle-doo noises. They make cute little clucking noises, and they like to eat treats out of my hand. I should find a photo for you.
Aww, Biscuit and Poor sound cute. I hope you can find a pic
As a child, Mr Y had a chicken called Henrietta and a duck called Nelson.
