After much debate, we culled our rooster on Wednesday. This culling found us both (Tool Lady and I) in a very introspective place. Not to say this is a bad thing. I think that if you’re getting ready to take a life, you should think about it, and have some…
A good friend of mine celebrated a birthday recently, and given her love of trees, I decided to paint her a tiny tree to wear around her neck 😉 Yes, that means I’m painting again! I haven’t painted in a while and have had a myriad of excuses (school, work, the garden…yada…
Tool Lady grew up fishing in Missouri and absolutely loves it…though she doesn’t do it as often as she would like here in NM. Last Friday, however, she practiced some self-care, took the day off of work and went fishing in the Pecos River. The limit you can catch is…
Ugh…Broody is back in solitary confinement. This time, though, we put her in the outdoor chick brooder instead of the little one in the garage since she beat herself up last time. Why is she in there again? Well, because she is officially on the cull list 🙁 We tried…
I know I’ve mentioned before that Tool Lady and I work for the same non-profit and that I manage the after school and summer camp program for girls age 5-15…but what I don’t think I’ve mentioned is how much time and energy it takes to keep things going intentionally and…
I tried my first braided (circle) bread a couple of weeks ago and, as simple as it looked, I really struggled with it at first! So, while baking some more bread last weekend I decided that maybe a photo tutorial might help someone else who has either thought about braiding…