Just before dawn this morning our young rooster decided today was the day to practice his crowing skills. It sounded more like a dying coyote but in time he'll get it, I'm sure. The sound woke the pups up, too, and they became restless so we had to get up and calm them down before …
One of the drawbacks of being a homesteader, for me at least, is getting emotionally attached to your food. I learned early on not to name the ones that are going to end up in the freezer. And it's been pretty easy up until now! This new flock of buffs are just so adorably friendly …
It was one of those days when the little things caught my eye while I was doing my rounds today. There's so much obvious beauty out in the garden, like the little pond and the flowers... ...and then the not so obvious, like the bumblebees... ...and the young pheasant who are getting prettier by the …
Since I can't run away to the woods, I'm trying to stay positive and spent the morning looking for the little things that always seem to cheer me up and give me a needed mental health boost. Things like the sound of new life peeping and scuttling about in the incubator. I counted seven baby …
This morning I sat and watched the humming birds draining the nectar from the feeder in the red maple tree out front. Of course when I tried to get a good picture of them the shots came out blurry. Or they had already flitted out of frame before the shutter closed, the fast little buggers. …
