Yesterday I decided to make myself a pumpkin cake after spending the morning feeding the critters and making myself into a human chew toy. 😆 I had all the ingredients except walnuts, but those are optional anyway. I used a recipe I have for banana cake and just substituted pumpkin puree instead of mashed bananas …
Six months ago this week we were well into summer and the little homestead looked quite a bit different than it does right now. Everything was blooming! The corn was quite tall... Tall enough to block the pup's view of the poultry pens, which is where my cute little buff orpingtons were by now... They …
As you probably noticed, I have a thing for birds. I love all these wild birds that come visit us and I especially love my chickens, ducks, pheasant and quail. They are so fun to keep! Plus, they give me a reason to get up every day and their eggs and meat are pretty tasty, …
Remember that old story about the country mouse and the city mouse? I can't help but think that some of us are wired to be either one or the other. In my case, I am very much a country mouse! If I was an actual country mouse, I'd want to live in a field of …
This morning I was pleasantly surprised to watch a nice little moose walking across the golf course in front of the Tetons when I woke up to watch the sunrise on the local cams. I think he was young and it was funny to watch him carefully make his way across the screen in the …
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