I'm not a huge fan of labeling people and I really dislike the cultural trend of assigning more and more labels to everyone but when it comes to keeping things organized here at our little homestead? Labels are definitely in. Not only that but in most cases, they are necessary. Not always, though. Some things …
Has anyone else gotten the feeling that a lot of things that shouldn't affect us all have suddenly popped up rather loudly and are being pushed in our society, culture and collective psyche these last few years? Or that they seem to have an overarching purpose of distracting us from some pretty nasty things that …
While I have been quite successful at growing a myriad of flowers here, roses have never been one of them despite my best efforts over the years. I am not sure why. I just suck at roses for some reason. I do so love them, though, and we make sure to visit the rose garden …
Old man winter has decided we need just a bit more snow so I woke up to a dusting and a few flakes coming down out there. I also woke up to find the little hawk was back, eyeing the hens and roosters who seemed completely unimpressed by him... When I went out to feed …
I decided to get a bit adventurous for a change after thinking it over last night. I usually just melt and pour the bulk soap I buy into the molds without adding anything (just to be safe!) but I am so freaking tired of playing it safe with everything and wanted to spice them up …
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