Elk Camp was very unique this year. Every year is special in its own way but this was one for the books, I think there may be a poorly rated, low-budget Lifetime movie in the works someday soon but until then I’ll just give you the pleasant high-lights and leave the rest for your imagination. …
Good domestic help is so hard to find. So I just decided to give birth to mine and train them right, from the start. Just kidding! Sort of. While Addie’s only real ‘chore’ is to clean her room, and that she does amid protests of epic proportions, tossing around excuses such as “my eye hurts”,…
Today was a special day! My little sister, who has been globe-trotting for about 5 years, flitted down at home base for awhile and came to walk with me. I rarely take people with me when I walk, and have never taken another adult, so I made sure she knew how lucky she was! (that…
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…
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…
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…
For the first time in YEARS the first week of fall here in east Texas actually FEELS like the first week of fall! Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! I awoke to see a brisk 51 degrees on the back porch thermometer, pulled on some jogging pants, a long-sleeve T, grabbed my camera and headed for the…
The Wicked Chicken 