A new year means many different things to many different people. Resolutions, a fresh start, a renewed motivation to tackle those big projects…. Too me, the New Year is a day off of work (sort of) and the annual tradition… Continue reading

The water had completely stopped this morning when I left the house at 4:15am to go to work. That was a bit of a relief for now. I’ve gotten some great advice from friends about what to do should it… Continue reading

So yesterday we had rain. Lots of rain. Around an inch of rain. For Minnesota in December that is not very normal and not very welcome because the temperatures will eventually get cold after the storm passes and things turn… Continue reading

It’s the first part of August and the weather is beautiful here in Minnesota.  A little dry perhaps, and sometimes a little hot in the afternoon but the evenings are cool and smell of Fall.  We had our first Fall… Continue reading

So here I am.  Back to blogging.  I was very preoccupied the last couple of years with building a house and getting lyme disease.  I’m going to mostly blog about the first one because that’s more fun I think. I… Continue reading

  The lovely hills and bluffs of the Midwest have been surrounding me for a month now, yet it feels strangely odd to be back. I had fully expected to be nestled in front of a fireplace crocheting during countless… Continue reading

My birds are weird.  I’ve had poultry for over ten years now and it never ceases to amaze me how strange they are.  I’ve been through about four or five different cycles of laying hens and every single group has… Continue reading