The sun is out, and the birds are singing
I just came in from outside. It's such a beautiful spring day! I heard the first Red-winged Blackbirds singing this morning and our pair of Canada Geese is on the beaver pond, checking out...
With my canning, growing plants, and bulk bags of seed, our back porch is...
As there's scarcely enough room to walk through there anymore, Will decided to make some shelves to go on the log wall to hold some of the bags and boxes that are now on...
We’re having a heat wave
After sub-zero temperatures a week ago, it doesn't seem possible that it's over 70 degrees F today, with full sun! But we're really enjoying it. Because we built our house on a hill, we...
Our first seeds have popped up
Of course, they're the earliest petunia seeds, which I planted last week. But it's terribly exciting to see those tiny little seedlings bravely poking up, with two feet of snow, right outside of the...
Boy, how time flies!
I just came across pictures of Sarge, taken the day I brought him home. He was so little! Hondo towered above him several inches. I guess, when you see something every day, you just...








