All through the South folks anxiously wait the entire winter long for crawfish season to start. And when it does you can bet there isn’t a mudbug safe from here to Atlanta! We have at least 2 boils every spring and this year my husband decided he wanted to go all out and host a…
The last Wednesday in April was cool, clear and glorious! All I had to do that day was see the dentist at 2:00 plus run some small errands. So I took it upon myself to go up to the main section of the state forest surrounding our home for a lengthy, leisurely, restful walk. Here…
I have one little girl. Down the road there are four. And Sunday they all came over to play, I sent them to check the eggs and let the chickens out for their evening stroll. Almost immediately there were shrieks of terror and thundering footsteps. I knew before I heard a word the first snake…
I’ve never had a desire to incubate eggs and I honestly don’t like letting hens set a nest. It always seems to end poorly for the hatchlings. But when I found this nest in the hay, for some reason, I left it alone. A few days later I spy the mama. My funny, anti-social hen…
There is an old barn about a mile from my house, I’ve been anxious to explore it but never found the time. Until last week! I had to go early, while the weather was cool, since it is almost covered in beautiful blackberry bushes and I have zero desire to be snake bit. Also, I…
A few weeks back Addie came to me with an announcement. “There is a bird’s nest in my fort!” This was followed by a similar exclamation of “There are THREE eggs!” Then there were 5 eggs and 2 days ago Addie came back into the house, breathless, gasping “There are BIRDS and they are doing…
So I am the oldest of 3 kids, my brother, Caleb, is 6 years my junior. When he was born my grandmother came to stay with me. When he came home he cried so much (we shared a room for a while), I asked when we could send him back. My mother reminded me that…
A few photos I snapped on my way to work today…….Happy Easter everyone! A lovely morning indeed!
As spring rings in its sweetness our sweet little Rachel is finally starting to grow a bit faster. The sunshine is helping I am sure, here she is waving her ear at me….. “I’m waiting on my bottle Mama, I’m not weaned yet you know!” “I like my friends Mama, why don’t you give them…
I have a pecker. At least one that I know of, anyone who keeps chickens has had a pecker too. It is so maddening. My advice to people with peckers is simple. Identify the guilty party and remove them from the flock before they teach their bad habits to others. My advice is easier to…
The Wicked Chicken 