In case you missed it, we’re “officially” a family now, but Missy wasn’t the only one to hatch a little one around here. We also have month-old guinea keets (hatched by Big Mamma turkey) and a few week-old chicks. There is also a donkey that was born earlier in the year who is getting to [...]
On lucky June 13th at about 12:45 in the afternoon Waylon Journey S… was born. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 1.5 oz and was 22-inches long. He was born the old-fashioned way (no pitocin; no epidural; no drugs…) thanks to my strong, brave, wonderful, dedicated, zen-like, powerful, beautiful wife Missy. She is my hero. [...]
This is the first thing I do when I wake up every day. Although I’ll spend most of my weekdays inside working on a computer, getting out in the morning mist helps put me in the right mood for the day. After this I’ll feed the rabbits and dogs. By then Missy is up and [...]
This is just a little video clip I took of my lovely, beautiful, pregnant wife Missy. I’m really not one of those Star Wars geeks. I promise. I’m not sure what got into me, but I hope you enjoy it anyway…
This post is not “really” designed to piss off every single possible demographic in our small, but appreciated, readership. It is meant to remind all of us, myself especially, that the next time we’re pointing our finger outward we should be doing it in front of a mirror… To The Liberal Foodie Crowd: I hate [...]
If you remember, a few months ago I went to a nearby farm to observe sheep shearing and to pick up a couple of fleeces. Well, I finally decided to wash a small batch of wool since it’s the first sunny day in weeks and I wanted to take advantage of it so I could [...]
YAY the sun it out! I’m all caught up on lawn work so it’s time to get back into the garden. On the agenda for today is hilling the potatoes, but what’s the best way? I was going to hill potatoes with straw, but then I read this forum, and now I’m thinking I’ll have [...]
You may recall, as seen in this picture, that our turkey hen (aka Big Mamma) is our best broody bird. She likes nothing more than to sit on a clutch of eggs for a few weeks and hatch some little chicks that will follow her around until they realize she’s a turkey. Well this year [...]
The title of this post is paraphrasing a quote from one of my favorite passages of all time of this year. The passage I have excerpted below was written by American naturalist John Burroughs, pictured here. This was a man who truly knew how to observe nature by removing all the crap that filters the [...]
I’m kind of a cheapskate. At least that’s what my family tells me. The fact is, I don’t like to buy stuff for the sake of buying stuff. I’d rather use that money to build infrastructure around the home (like making it more energy efficient), or to pay off the mortgage way ahead of schedule. [...]
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