Spring is just four days away now which is a good thing because I don't think my mental health can take another month of heavy snow! Neither can the rest of me, to be honest. It's been brutal! Seriously, it's been quite the winter and I am ready for it to be over. I have …
This winter has been a doozy! We shovel paths and plow with the buggy but more snow comes and fills it all in. Again and again. When it finally melts we are going to be swimming in mud here. And of course we wake up every day with different indoor pups who want out first …
Sometimes the pictures just present themselves and I don't even have to leave the front steps! On this day last summer, a huge butterfly came to visit me as I headed out the door to do my chores... I didn't even have my camera with me when I first spotted it, and was pleasantly surprised …
Continue reading Adventures in Photography: Seize the Moment
I have meant to do an update on my experiment in indoor hydroponic gardening but I've been busy getting distracted by things like shoveling more snow and de-icing kennel gates. Argh. Anyway, just a quick note to say it's actually going really well and I've been harvesting the heck out of the dill and the …
Continue reading Adventures in Indoor Gardening: AeroGarden Day 48
We are just 20 days until spring now and I know it's getting closer because the pups are all showing signs of blowing out their winter coats, which is pretty much an indisputable way to tell when winter is over. Turns out, it's not just an old wives tale after all. 😄 None of them …
Empty Nest Homesteading 