As you may have guessed, I took a little trip down to California for my family’s annual Easter celebration over this past weekend. Brian stayed here to watch the farm, so to speak, and after 5 days absent, I have returned. It is amazing how much can change in five days… and for all my [...]
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Don’t Give Me That Look! I came back, didn’t I?
Posted in breeds, chicks, garden on April 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Glory Returns (and so does the work)!
Posted in advice, breeds, chicks, garden, references on April 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Your eyes are not foolin’ you, folks. That is good ol’ fashioned sunshine you see in that picture. As we all well know, weather forecasting is basically good for about 12 hours into the future. Beyond that, they really just can’t tell. And thank goodness for that! Just four days ago I told you all [...]
Scruffy, King of the Worm-Eaters
Posted in chicks, garden on March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, I tried my best to get a shot of with a big, fat worm in his mouth but he is just so dang FAST that it proved an impossible task. This is my best shot out of about a trillion. That little thing that is sticking up above his beak is the tag-end of a [...]
All Cooped Up
Posted in chicks, coop, garden on March 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Well, Spring officially sprung this past Friday (March 20th was the vernal equinox this year) but whoever is in charge of the weather didn’t get the memo. After a lovely Wednesday it has all been downhill. Thursday was gray and in the 50s, but not so bad, just not as nice as Wednesday. I let the chickies out to [...]
Spring is, Well… Springing.
Posted in breeds, chicks, coop, garden on March 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Murphy’s Law. Gets me everytime. After three days of gale-force winds and driving, soaking rain, today was beautiful, sunny, calm, and the warmest day of the year so far. My parents have been up to visit three times since we moved in last June. My mom also came up once to look at the house [...]
