Remember Picky Mao and how scrawny he was when Teddy found him and brought him to me? He loved to stalk around, pretending to be a little lion. Now his favorite activity is curling up in a big patch of warm sunshine on the porch railing or in the big armchair on the porch, keeping an … Continue reading Look at him now!
Farm life
Enjoy your Monday!
DG certainly is!
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Ivy and Klaus
My friend, Erin, has a daughter in 4H who is taking a calf to the fair this year for the first time ever. Erin brought Klaus home in the backseat of her minivan, but he's too big for that now so she needed some help hauling him to a weigh-in and vet vheck. I volunteered … Continue reading Ivy and Klaus
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Saved from the mouth of Luci(fer) herself!
I was in my home office just a little bit ago, finishing an end of year parent/teacher conference with a student and parent, when I looked out my office window. I immediately noticed Luci under the trampoline, murdering playing with something that looked to be larger than a mouse. I ran outside to see what … Continue reading Saved from the mouth of Luci(fer) herself!
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This is the year for my garden!
I have a dirty little secret: I do NOT have a green thumb! It's quite the opposite. I have the plant thumb of death. I honestly stink at growing any plants except for big patches of wildflowers (which Gramma Izzie calls weeds) which grow over the sidewalk, forcing us all to walk in the yard … Continue reading This is the year for my garden!
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Spring break
I've been on spring break all week, and I have accomplished so much! I tore apart two bedrooms and deep cleaned them floor to ceiling, moved furniture, tossed and tossed and tossed (donations and trash bags), and decorated. Unfortunately I now have huge baskets of laundry from Sahara's room and realized she just doesn't have … Continue reading Spring break
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Happy birthday, Dad!
This is my favorite picture of Dad. He was sharing a pretzel with Beef during one of Beef's many escapes. Dad has always had a soft spot for animals. I get it from him. 🙂
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Where do your eggs come from?
Do you know? If they're from the grocery store, they're probably from what are known as "battery cage hens". That means those hens are kept individually in cages the size of a sheet of printer paper THEIR WHOLE LIVES. They don't get to scratch, peck, dust bathe, eat bugs, eat grass, stretch out in a … Continue reading Where do your eggs come from?
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That bucket is useful!
For years, I've wanted to widen the top of our driveway where we park. It was narrow and bottlenecked due to the hill on the left and the chicken coop and picket fence on the right. Ted got that bucket on the tractor last weekend and spent Friday evening cutting away part of the hillside … Continue reading That bucket is useful!
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Happy Easter!
May you enjoy a well deserved rest today!
Striving Acres 