I wonder…..

I told Addie to make her bed. I wonder where she plans on sleeping……. The catfish looks stressed out by all the new residents on the bed. Only a six-year-old. 🙂

What not to say.

Females have a remarkable ability.  They can tote about an itsy-bitsy egg until it is fertilized, let another small human develop a complete, tiny body inside them with an extremely accommodating belly then extract the little creature via painful pushes and sometimes incisions.  A truly amazing process.  I have a good friend who has done…

Old Friends

Some things get worse with age.  Onions, potatoes, garlic, computers, grey hair, flab, swimming pools and Wal-Mart’s.  Just to name a few.  Other things get better with age.  Wine, certain cheeses, men, movies (with Hugh Jackman, Robert Redford, Julia Andrews, Charlton Heston and Meryl Streep.  Obviously, not all on the same film), books and true…

Meet Rachel…….

So I kinda have a ‘thing’ for baby cows.  The problem is most of the time we get baby calves to borrow (for my husband and step-son to rope) and when they get too big we must return them.  Then came Rachel.  Rachel arrived on a cold, rainy afternoon last week, confined in the toolbox…

Spooky Old Tree

“Spooky Old Tree” by Stan and Jan Bernstein was Addie’s favorite book when she was three.  It was read to her by various parties at least 10 times a week for approximately 12 months.  I’ve titled my latest effort inflicted on canvas “Spooky Old Tree”, for Addie.  It has simply been to horrid outside to…

Baby Horses & Floppy Boobs

I have a 30 minute drive home and a six year old.  This allows plenty of time for conversations like the following: “Mom, I wish we had a girl horse.”  “Well, we aren’t going to have a girl horse.”  “But WHY not?!  I want a girl horse.  Baby horses are my FAVORITE.”  “Even if we…

The Winds of Change.

I adore my chickens.  To me they are precious and irreplaceable, kinda of like my daughter.  Only I love my daughter way more.  I haven’t been able to spend as much time as I would like with either one of them.  As a retail slave I’ve been serving the public for 14 years, 11 of…

Christmas is like Elk Season.

Christmas and elk season are a lot alike in my book.  Each year we know they are coming, the dates are etched on the calendar and in our minds effortlessly.  The entire year seems to revolve around October and December.  As soon as one year passes the next year immediately begins forming plans and yet…

Cleaning House

Seriously wondering if my super crappy vacuum cleaner is picking up any dirt or paper particles AT ALL.  However, the vacuum marks on the carpet do make it look like I care…….which I do. Once upon a time I scrubbed my floors at least once a week, vacuumed on my way out the door so…

Bullmastiff vs Cream Brabanter

Chicken keeping has been, and always will be, laced with tragedy.  Yesterday I turned my darlings out on the way to the deer stand so they could scratch about for a couple of hours before bedtime.  As I sat nestled in my tree I could hear our neighbors shouting at their dogs, nothing out of…