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 …
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 …
Yesterday I decided to start building a proper bird feeding station over by the lilacs after months of having this little window box feeder. It works pretty well and both feeds the sparrows, finches and chickadees and provides me with hours of entertainment each day! It's just that there are too many birds coming to …
So if you read my New Year's resolution post yesterday you'll know that I've decided to make this the year I am going to increase my photography skills (or try to at least!) and my first goal is to learn how to properly work this Canon camera we bought a few years ago. While I'd …
Continue reading Adventures in Photography: Zooming Right Along
On this last day of the year, I thought I'd look back over the last twelve months and reminisce a bit over the highlights of what was no doubt a difficult year for most of us. I'd rather not think about the bad, though, and focus on the good instead and I hope you do, …
Empty Nest Homesteading 