• Goats

    Blue Eyed Buck

    So. . . This happened yesterday: Kim and I have talked at length about our next steps with this little herd of ours and the answer is that we have no definitive answer yet. We know we love keeping our three ladies. We know Mama is a pain in the ass on the stand. (We are still hopeful that will…

  • Goats

    Milking Mama

    Mama Mello is a pain in the ass on the milking stand. I don’t mean a little persnickety, or tough to get up on the stand, I mean kicking, screaming, falling down on purpose, ridiculousness. If my Homesteading Dreams weren’t so tightly wrapped up in her I might give up entirely… But damn, her milk is good! Let me back…

  • Create

    November’s Crochet Project – Christmas Countdown Gingerbread House

    Usually I refuse to incorporate any kind of Holiday Cheer into my daily life until the weekend after Thanksgiving (a lady can only take so much red and green, carols and decorations, ya know?) but I’ve made an exception for this project because, well, I was so inspired by it, the pattern is free (!!!), it’s incredibly cute, and it…

  • Chickens

    Sun Spot

    Poor thing looks just miserable, doesn’t she? xoxo, M P.S. Happy #FluffyButtFriday!

  • Everything Else

    Let go…

    “This Autumn, let something die. A worry, a relationship, a project that has run its course. Let go of anxiety over the future. Let go of guilt. Let go of other people’s dreams for you. Let go of the fear that happiness or success or love or joyousness somehow isn’t for you. Let go of feeling unwanted. Go outside, can…

  • LGDs

    Fluffy Beast

    This girl, man…I love her to death and she drives me a bit batty on an almost daily basis. Her intuition is strong and vibrant and therein lies the rub 😉 There are nights when I feel like a crazy person because she barks and barks and I can’t figure out what the heck she is barking at, though I know…