My daughter and I hadn’t done one of our big grocery shopping trips since November 12th but we finally found time for a trip Tuesday. We couldn’t have picked a nicer day for it. It was sunny and around 60 degrees which is just about perfect for a major shopping day. We started out by…
Friday on Apple Tree Farm
One of the unexpected benefits of having a dog is that I now spend more time walking around our property. We don’t have a fenced area for him yet so we take him for walks on a leash – don’t want to chance him running off and getting hurt. I may not be so thrilled…
On days like these…
Yesterday I had a doctor appointment and rather than going through town, I took the back roads. I did so to avoid midday traffic (if you live in a city, you can laugh) and traffic lights but I was so struck by the beauty of the route that I went home that way, too. You…
Star Light, Star Bright
Zero-gravity chair from Amazon Last night David took Shiloh out for his late-night walk and within a minute of leaving the house he called me. “I just saw a meteor – go look.” And of course, I did. We knew about the Perseid meteor shower which was supposed to be at its height the night…
And then there were nine…
I had been planning to get Dharma spayed after we get back from New Orleans. However I noticed this past week or two that she looked a little, um, broad? I was hoping she was just fat but this morning she presented us with five kittens (plus one that didn’t make it). Along with Tillie’s…
Country Living…
From Tea With Dee I wish this picture were closer (and that my car window were cleaner) but taking pictures while driving isn’t the safest thing to do so I snapped it quickly from a safe distance on a straight section of the road. This “biker dude” is hauling a bag of animal…
Country neighbors…
David was out brush-hogging along the road when the axle on his tractor broke. I don’t want to talk about the fact that virtually every part on this tractor has been replaced since we bought it. However, looking on the bright side of things, it gave us yet another opportunity to experience the sort of…