Our super hot weather’s cooled down pleasantly

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As we've been over 90° F most days, it's such a blessing it's cooled down to about 70. On Friday, I had to have Will take me to the ER. I'd been having heart palpitations...

Mittens “helps” Will stamp our seed envelopes

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Our cat, Mittens LOVES to knock small things off tables and shelves. She even tears open plastic bags and carries screws around in her mouth. (Never had a cat do that before!) We bought...

With my canning, growing plants, and bulk bags of seed, our back porch is...

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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...

Our pumpkin patch/cornfield is coming up

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Despite more than seven inches of rain, the seeds we hurriedly planted on our pumpkin patch/corn field are sprouting! We figured they'd all rot since the patch is not on high ground and is...

We had one of “those” days

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First off, our 5-year-old six-battery battery bank was quickly dying. It got so we didn't even have enough power to run a CFL to see to get up to go to the bathroom and...