Happy Fourth of July to my fellow USAers. This is the Happy "fireworks being set off all day and night by drunk people you wouldn't trust with a...
How could I miss such an important day? Happy Birthday, even if it is a bit late.
Picked more Roma tomatoes, so a session in the kitchen making marinara sauce is on tomorrow's agenda. Today I'm trying to do all the...
I'm really bad at portioning dry pasta, so if you and 110 of your friends want to come over, dinner's ready!
I love Saturdays when I can spend the day in the kitchen! I peeled, cored, and chopped a dishpan full of Roma tomatoes, then used them to make...
Husband set up the trailcam to see what was making circles of dead grass in the barn lot. We suspected a neighbor was letting his dog run at...
I'm reading Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, a compilation of diaries, letters home, and recollections from both sides of the Civil War. I am very...
Another happy morning in the kitchen. I made a large batch of marinara sauce, using up some of the Roma tomatoes and fresh basil. It takes a while...
Zinnias are really enjoying our hot and humid weather! We plant them under the hummingbird feeders so the hummers have a choice--sugar syrup or...
Good Tuesday to you all! I spent a happy morning in the kitchen, experimenting with three recipes for refrigerator pickles. Have I mentioned we...
Sjoerd, so glad you asked! I was hoping to talk about our stenciled chairs. In the early Victorian era, about 1840 and slightly later, decorated...
Negotiating with Timi is going well, for her. She has taken to sleeping in the dining room on an early 19th century chair. It's cooler than an...
Yes Netty, that was a VERY productive day! Your energy amazes me (and others, I'm sure). It's Sunday and we are taking it relatively easy....
[ATTACH] Our cucumbers are coming on. They aren't lovely flowers, but they taste pretty good. We know they taste good because there were five . . . .
Melody, don't worry about us--we've never experienced a tornado. I do appreciate your respect--we get so little of it here in Texas!
Pacnorwest, we are fortunate in that we are out of the path of the severe storms and tornadoes. We also still have power! Sjoerd, it's so easy to...
Good Wednesday to you all! It is hot here, very hot, so I'm giving the hens crushed ice so they won't lay hard boiled eggs. This from a local news...
Logan, I watched the video and will definitely not show it to our hens. Egg substitutes? They would be so offended. If you want to make a pound...
Good Monday to you all, and for us here in the USA, it is the Juneteenth federal holiday. I'm glad it is a nationwide holiday to commemorate the...
I don't mind getting older, but the side effects are not so much fun . . . .
