My squash-raising attempts the past 3 years have been, in a word, unsuccessful. Unsuccessful is putting it rather mildly but going into further detail might require a thesauruses and therapy. For some unknown reason the garden gods have deemed me unworthy of squash. ‘Cause you know even a spider monkey should be able to grow…
All babies are not created equal. The truth hurts and the truth is…not all babies are cute. Have you ever seen a baby Panda bear? Hideous. Baby Rat? Horrific. Baby Anteater? Heinous. Don’t believe me? I looked it up, click here for 15 seriously ugly babies. But if ugly babies aren’t your thing, read on! …
Everyone loves my balls. My CAKE balls that is! As a matter of fact I happen to know there are people who love me for this reason and this reason alone. I’m okay with that. And if you are needing to feel some extra love, wanting to impress someone with your wicked baking skills or simply have…
I have always loved chickens. Even as a child I can remember toting them about, loving on them, naming them and kissing them. While I still tote them, love them and kiss them I refrain from naming them. But that is another story. Today I’d like to introduce you to the girls. The main girls.…
Freshwater Fishery Trip! As bona fide homeschoolers with an adorable gaggle of girls in our little group you know we have to take lots of field trips. Well, not LOTS. But enough to keep it fun and we recently had our best one ever! If you are ever within an hour or so of Athens,…
As you may have seen in previous posts, weeding isn’t my strong point. However I can do one thing, I can grow some pretty ‘taters! Potatoes are, without a doubt, my favorite veggie to grow. You plant them on Valentine’s Day, a perfectly romantic thing to do, then dig’em up around Memorial Day, just in…
So my darling child had her first piano recital this weekend and was all dressed up, first thing she did upon arriving home was take off to the chicken pen. I wanted to check on the little ones who had only been with the big chickens a few days and this is what I find…….…
I’d like to introduce y’all to Tater Tot. Now I’ve had Tater Tot, or Tater as he is commonly called, for about 8 years now. Tater and I go WAY back. He packed out the first elk I ever shot and my husbands elk the same year… And he has been packing ever since….. But…
My favorite person I’ve never met is Ree Drummond, also known as The Pioneer Women. Anytime I need a sure enough good recipe and am hankering to try something new I head over to her blog and am never disappointed! So this last weekend I needed a fast, easy dessert to take to a lake party. …
It is Memorial Day weekend and like most people I spent some time at the lake with friends, ate a hotdog and got a mild sunburn. I also went for a walk like I often do at the state forest near our home. As I walked I began to reflect on Memorial Day and what…
The Wicked Chicken 