• Chickens

    It just keeps getting better…

    Not only is one of our Buff Orpingtons on a roll with her almost daily laying of a sweet, pink, egg… But now one of our black and white Easter Eggers has started up again, too, with a very light green (and very long) egg almost daily as well! Oh yes, we just might get to stop purchasing eggs again!…

  • Chickens

    What may look like a simple egg…

    …is really a sign of hope… a sign that the days really are getting longer… a sign that Spring (though two months away) really is just around the bend… and therefore totally worthy of a photo shoot! Yes, for months we’ve only gotten one or two beautiful, dark brown, Maran eggs each day, but yesterday also brought us the tiniest,…

  • Goats

    Lucy & Ethel

    These two are as sweet as can be. I mean, really!  Just look at that smile! A month apart in age and so incredibly different in their personalities… I love watching these two and how they interact… How gentle they are with each other… How curious they are together. It is truly wonderful that they have each other. xoxo, M

  • Create,  If we were having coffee...,  LGDs

    If we were having coffee…

    If we were having coffee, I’d tell you how nice it is to see you and thank you for joining me on this cold, crisp, January day! Do tell, how are you? Are you enjoying the New Year so far? Have you found your groove again after all the Holidays and merry making? I have to admit, the last two…

  • Chickens,  Family,  Goats

    Up Close

    In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been allowing myself the space to rest… to do nothing…or very little… while dreaming big and allowing my desires to float up to the top and dance in front of my imagination. In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been brainstorming ways to make this part-time homesteading gig a full time one… how…

  • Sunset Tree Triptych
    Create

    Sunset Tree

    You guys! Do you remember the triptych painting I’ve mentioned working on? Well, I am so excited to have finished it over the break and to have even gotten it up on the wall in our Dining area before heading back into the daily grind of work! What do you think? A couple of notes: Each canvas is 2 feet by 4…