As far as I'm concerned, it was definitely the chicken. I promised chicken pictures and chicken pictures are what you're getting. Well, two. Well, one of the chickens and one of their little roosting rooms.When I went to get my eggs, yesterday, I asked if I could take a photo or two of the chickens and was granted my request. It's chilly, now, so they're all inside but you can see that there aren't a lot of them. They've got lots of room and even a little ramp to go into and out of thei... Read Full Story

Today is Egg Day. Every other week on a Wednesday I pick up three dozen fresh eggs from my Egg Lady. I've been doing this for several months and it's such a good feeling to know that my eggs are as fresh as they can be.My Egg Lady is a "youngish" widow who lives a few miles west of our place. She's just the nicest person and her farm is quite picturesque. She has very pretty but rather unstructured gardens around the house and garage and barn. She grows gourds and pumpkins and just about... Read Full Story

About a week ago a woman whose blog I follow sent a message asking if she could use one of my photos (see left) in an upcoming blogpost. Naturally I said, "yes". I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.She is known only as Jasmine & Roses. An amazing photographer and a gifted writer. She's from North Carolina.The blog, Town & Country Gardens is full of beautiful pictures from gardens all over the world. I love how she has it set up with lots of sections. It's not just ga... Read Full Story

I made an apple pie, yesterday, with good old Minnesota Honey Crisp Apples. Wow, is it ever good! I only cheated by using a ready made pie crust - Pillsbury makes a great refrigerated crust (2 crusts) that you just unroll one of the crusts onto the pie plate, fill it up and place the second crust on top, cut little vents and pinch the edges closed. Easy as pie!I used my old faithful apple pie filling recipe from my old faithful Betty Crocker cookbook that I've had forever. In fact, I was ... Read Full Story

Well, I did it...I became a Giant Squid. Fifty quality lenses (pages) created on Squidoo.com. I joined Squidoo in February of 2008 with the idea that I could practice writing because I wanted to start another blog or a website...well, so far I've only got this one blog but have become totally addicted to Squidoo (just ask Jack!). Here's the t-shirt that I just received in the mail, yesterday. It's only for Giant Squids - yay! Read Full Story

I was just browsing through the photos that I have on the computer...there are thousands of them. I really, really need to go through everything and back everything up in case the computer totally blows up at some point. Okay, that's on the to-do list. But in the meantime, it was fun looking at some of the pictures I'd forgotten about.I thought you'd enjoy this very cute potting shed that a friend has in her yard. She's actually my sister's sister-in-law. She lives on a farm with her ve... Read Full Story

I'm cat (Eva) and bird (Bob) sitting for Jen this weekend while she joins her siblings for a trip to Oklahoma to see a U2 concert. It's a perfect opportunity for some quality bonding time and something that I think will happen more frequently now that Jen has moved back from Los Angeles.There are a few little projects that I'm going to do for her while I'm here...one wall in her dining room needs a paint touch up. She hung a shelf on that wall and didn't like it once it was up. She's my d... Read Full Story

Well, you'd never know, today, that there was that much snow yesterday! It's pretty much all gone and I'm not in the least bit sorry. It's waaaaay to early for winter to hit considering we're planning to stay home through most of it.Jack said he hit a patch of ice and went sailing down the road sideways for a bit. Luckily he didn't tip over! Obviously nobody got in his way! But other than that, the roads were fine.I've got big but boring plans for today and tomorrow. Painting our bedroom is t... Read Full Story

Nature is full of genius...so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. - Henry David Thoreau We woke up to snow, this morning. Big fat fluffy flakes of snow. Perfect for building a snowman or making snowballs. If I had a better sense of adventure, I'd go outside and play...but I don't. A cup of hot tea while I 'compute' appeals to me more.There's no wind, thank goodness. It's pretty, I have to admit, but I hope it doesn't last. I'm sure it won't because it's supposed to re... Read Full Story

October sunset over Lake MaryIt wasn't exactly "To market, to market" but I am home again after four days in Minneapolis. It was one of those trips where I kill two (or more) birds with one stone. I love "the Cities" as Minneapolis/St. Paul is affectionately called. I am really a city girl at heart. So any excuse to go is welcomed. Read Full Story