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Relief
The chicks were a little quicker into the coop tonight maybe because of the heat lamp’s roses glow or perhaps because I bribe them with cottage cheese! The heatwave finally broke and they…
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Hot Chicken Wings
Our little chicklets are learning to catch crickets and navigate the ramp to the coop. Our big bad Botto dog isn’t sure what to think but he’s been a good big so far.…
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Cantaloupe & Chicken Feathers
This week was really busy at work, and so as the weekend arrived I particularly appreciated the pleasures of the farm. Things like little chicks, growing more feathers, every day and fresh cantaloupe…
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Chicks
They are cute as can be. Our little flock of chicks arrived this week. I think they like the chicken condo, so far. Mostly, I think they like their cool water and full…
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Eat
It’s like a magic pot. On Monday, I put a big piece of lamb in the slow cooker,. Then, all week long I kept the meal going by just adding some more vegetables…
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Time shared
Every summer, for our wedding anniversary I slip on the white dress I wore when we got married in my backyard in Georgia and Chuck puts on the fishing shirt he wore that…
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Storms
Friday night a big storm passed through. We finished dinner by candlelight and settled in for the night. The next morning we had coffee thanks to our gas stove and were comfy thanks…
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Botto’s Big Adventure
A couple weeks ago, Chuck & Botto made the long drive to the Florida panhandle to surprise Tori and start an early diving|finishing vacation. They pulled off the surprise and got in a…
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Cornflower Blue
The corn flowers bloom, and fill the roadside out near our farm. It is a wonderful time of year as the heat sends the garden into full growing mode. The bees are buzzing…
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Weeds or wildflowers
On my way home Friday night I picked some black-eyed susan’s by the side of the road to pop in a vase as we had friends coming over to celebrate and eat birthday…