In assessing how to round out our flock additions this year, we talked a lot about egg colors and which colors might be fun to add to the cartons going to a few of our friends and colleagues on a regular basis. When we first started keeping chickens, we wanted nothing…
Tired and overwhelmed (though feeling accomplished, for sure) at the end of a very long (self imposed) work day, I did something I don’t often do: I turned off the computer and the TV… I did the farm chores and put the animals to bed… I put down my phone…
Our nine year old husky mix, Mika, has been struggling with her health for years now, but we hit a really bad spell last week and were quite worried that we were finally looking at “the beginning of the end”. Keeping in mind her challenges (ongoing bad arthritis in her…
Weekend thoughts: I love living “out in the boonies” and appreciate our itty bitty village full of diverse and kind people more than I ever might have imagined. I am grateful for our neighbors who offer good conversations, excess firewood, the sharing of skills, and the opportunity to engage with the sweetest…
In thinking about Cardinal’s monthly photo challenge, I anticipated doing what I did last year by going back through the month’s photos and trying my best to not include every single one of them in my review because 1) there is generally so much that happens each month and 2)…
With temperatures in the high 40s and mid-50s for well over a week now, our property is a mess of mud and puddles everywhere the sun hits (and yet still pure sheets of ice where it doesn’t). The mud makes taking care of the animals a definite chore…especially when hauling…
We’ve finally gotten more than a dusting here in the village and I couldn’t be happier! Especially since I don’t have to leave the house for four days (work from home, weekend, work from home) and there is more snow forecasted for today! I think Akuna is happy about it,…
As 2015 comes to a close, we’re pulling ourselves in to rest and reflecting on all that’s happened this year while beginning to allow for some new and pretty big dreams in 2016! 2015 marked for us our willingness to step into our homestead dreams in a big way…to really…