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...

The First Duck Egg ... Becomes Pasta

Isn't it beautiful? We got the first duck egg of the season yesterday. It's very very small and incredibly beautiful. So of course I...

Confessions of a Secret Goat Butcherer

It began casually enough... I knew someone who knew someone. Did I have the goods? Did they have the cash? “Burner” cell phone numbers were ...