Addie, my daughter who is 7, has recently become slightly obsessed with fairies and fairy houses. She builds fairy houses EVERYWHERE. I no longer have any empty clay pots, warped metal bowls or unused containers of any kind. They have all congregated under the porch holding various bits of moss, mud, water, acorn shells, sea…
Extra things annoy me. And I am just as guilty of extras as the next person. I have, let me go count…….30 coffee cups. THIRTY. That is almost a cup for every year of my life. There are 4 people in my house, 3 drink coffee. If we all used a different cup each day…
If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you know I publish a ‘Wicked Walk’ every Wednesday. Only, this past Wednesday, I didn’t. This was due to several reasons. Number One. Randy, my oldest and dearest rooster, has bumblefoot. I’d never heard of it but was trolling the internet trying to find…
Here is the end, as promised, of the two plus weeks I’ve bombarded your feed and e-mail with elk camp pictures and stories. After today, there will only be cute chipmunk pictures and everything shall go back to normal for awhile. Wyoming Barn. Any of you who would like purchase this as a gift for my…
Have you decided what you want to be when you grow up? I am leaning towards 33 years of life and still struggle with this question. I went to Junior College, check. Went to E.M.T. school, check. Started off as an English major at Stephen F. Austin State University, half-check. I owned a bakery, had a swimming pool store, then…
I have missed my blog and all my blogosphere friends these past couple of months, I hope to get back in the groove soon but only time will tell. Losing Stripe-Stripe was rough and today my darling cat, Agent Orange, has turned up missing. And he never misses breakfast. Never. Life in the country is rough…
Getting ready for yet another journey, I spent Wednesday scurrying about preparing and working to ensure everything went smoothly in my absence. However, Addie and I went for a quick walk and ride thru the forest in the early morning hours while the heat had not yet penetrated the canopy of leaves. It was very…
Were I a real chicken, I would be molting, sitting, flopping and doing every unattractive chicken-thing imaginable right now. While I’ve had 2 lovely vacations the past 6 weeks, the in-betweens have been riddled with hardship enough for a century. Which is why, for the first time in 14 months, I’ve not a walk to really…
Joy is simple and can be found in many different things. Children find joy without effort. Or maybe, joy finds them. Addie wanted to see the beach. This picture captures her first trip into the ocean. Hands held high, feet hovering over the water, completely airborne. Joyful. I hope you find joy in something today.…
July is always hot in Texas and today was no exception. I had recently been commissioned to feed the neighbors creatures so I awoke early and walked there and back, taking photos along the way. Here is what I saw. Roadside nettles are always pretty! Morning sunlight thru the trees and on some pinecones…. At…
The Wicked Chicken 