And then it just kind of died...

Do I sound faster? If yes it may be due to my fancy new computer. My poor, long suffering laptop finally just kind of died. We are trying to...

Coffee with a Canine interviews me!

Hey check it out! My pal over at Coffee with a Canine interviewed me and my hard workin' farm dogs! Thanks, CwaC, so much for giving me...

Folklore Apothecary & Tilton Hollow

I'll tell you what, friends. If you want to make a farm pal happy - give them a gift bucket. Not a basket.... a gift bucket. It was a re...

How about a little petit déjeuner?

Croissants. Nailed it. Any body want to come on over for a little chocolat chaud  and some croissants? It's what's for breakfast. Fi...

Snow Day 2013

Finally! We got a little snow to go along with our bitter cold . Yesterday was our first real snow day of 2013. This little hen, one of my f...

Gato Diablo. He's Real.

You might have wondered where I came up with the character, Gato Diablo, in my Adventure Tails . Here he is... Its true. He's real. His ...

Beet Relief and Cold. Ice Cold.

I'm so excited! We visited some friends and not only did I have a terrific time.... I got some beet relief.  My salad was superdeluxe to...

Complicated Pastry Day - Part Two

I just loved my Complicated Pastry Days so much I just can't stop talking about them. So now... the puff pastry portion - part 2. Would ...

Sunday Morning

My new Sunday morning... Who am I kidding? I didn't have just one little croissant! We are about the get a cold spell - could be the col...

Complicated Pastry Day - Part One

Thanks for everyone's interest in my Complicated Pastry Days! It was very fun. There's a lot of 'splaining to do so this might b...

The Great Beet Crisis of 2013

This is it. The very last jar of my home canned beets. I'll soon be beetless. Then what? Wandering around aimlessly looking for some kin...

Winter Worries

Winter worries are different than summer worries, don't you think?  During the summer I worry about the farm animals flopping over dead ...

Life is Good

If you follow me over on ' the facebook ' then you know I'm always spreading optimism by liking and sharing the Life is Good pro...

Three Things About Winter

For the last couple of days we've had weirdly warm, spring-like temperatures. It's more like April out there than January. I was a l...

Soup and Nicholas

Looks like I need another day on the couch. Today I have soup.....and Nicholas. Talk about homemade soup! Step one was go and butcher the ch...

Warmer Weather and Sandwiches

We are expecting the weirdest weather ever in the next couple of days. Instead of looking like the Ice Planet Hoth... we are going to have s...