Looking out across the pasture behind our house you might think we had an epic hail storm or weird fall blizzard. There are mushrooms EVERYWHERE. Which makes me super-duper happy since I think mushrooms are the neatest thing on earth. I slipped on my muck boots, grabbed my camera and traipsed thru the slosh to…
So while I was cleaning out the flowers beds (I use the term ‘flower beds’ very loosely by the way) I ran across some completely cool creepy crawlies. And they told me they wanted to be photographed while having their cozy homes disrupted and the universe as they know it, destroyed. Who am I to…
The circus came to town and I took Addie, admittedly pretty excited myself since I haven’t been to a circus in the neighborhood of 26 years. Heavens. I must confess, I found it really depressing. The animals all seemed well-taken care of and treated with respect but still, it was the most Depressing. Thing. Ever. …
I have a vision for my flower beds. In my mind they look like this…….. Organized chaos of color bordered by weed-free mulch, nestled around my home like a quilt of yellow, purple, orange, red, pink and green. When in reality (since I work full-time, home-school, blog, sell books, have chickens, go to church and…
The last hay cutting sends a beloved message to my soul, a message that autumn is here with winter nipping at its heels. Hailing in fallen leaves, crisp mornings and cool nights with scents of smouldering pine lingering in the air. The fields, dotted with square and round treasures, are silent. Leaning against a freshly…
While the first week of fall was gloriously cool, the second week climbed back into the upper 90’s. Running out of time to walk in the morning hours I headed out to our ‘back forty’ about 5 in the afternoon. And while it was hot and I was plagued by mosquito’s it was still nice…
I have a Chicken. I have a Child. I have a Chicken and a Child who are both dearly loved. The Child and the Chicken are both consumers of watermelon. See the evidence below…. People often tell me that Addie needs a little brother or sister otherwise she will never learn how to share. I…
Addie ran inside at 6:45 this morning “Mom ya’ gotta come see this! It is SO cool! And you need to make a blog about it!” I followed her outside and witnessed an absolutely ominous sky to the north….. I have to admit, I’m a sucker for a good storm and this one promised to…
I eased thru the forest, making each footstep silent and soft, I crept up on the creature that for hours had eluded me. As I stalked him he teased me with a wicked game of cat and mouse, the little demon! Sweaty, exhausted, scratched, bruised and starving I finally caught a glimpse! There, in the…
Maydelle, Texas boasts several things. We are home of the ‘Famous Texas State Railroad Turntable’, Fairchild State Forest and we have a general store, a post office, a volunteer fire department a barber shop and no less than 3 churches. We also had Bertha’s, until about 18 hours ago. Bertha’s was not only a Maydelle…
The Wicked Chicken 