While its snowing, David and Will work inside

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For a shop project, David is making a slide-in-trailer receiver cargo rack.  At school, he cut and assembled the rack.  But tonight he brought it home and he and Will measured and drilled holes...

We have a regular visitor

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Over the summer and some of the fall, we've had occasional visits by a wild turkey hen. She walked in last summer, interested in a couple of our domestic toms that wander around the...

There’s beauty outside even when the high is -18 degrees

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Sure it's cold, but the sun's out and it looks beautiful today. We had 40 mph winds with snow yesterday and there's lots of drifts. I noticed how pretty they were when I drove...

Gas went up again by 15 cents and we’re fighting back

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Not only did gas go up last week, but diesel fuel as well. As we have a generator to charge our battery bank and drive vehicles, we know we need to cut down our...

We’re getting our shakes up on the roof

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We've been working at nailing the shakes down on the roof extending into the greenhouse. We bought a brad nailer that sure makes things go faster and splits less shakes than a hammer and...