Animals
PS.... About those turkey eggs.....delicious....a little more "eggy" than chicken eggs, but higher in protein. The yolk stays almost round as you fry it. I would imagine that they, like duck eggs, would be great for baking. So far our turkey hen has laid 4 eggs.....one daily.
PPS... I have found a website that turns blogs into books, and so I have started to compile the last several years' blog entries into books for us to keep. I am hoping that it will serve as a sort of history for future generations when we are no longer here. If you want to do the same with your blog, check it out....HERE.
- A Walk On The Wild Side....week 5
We have an overnight guest for the better part of a week.Sam, Andy and Ashley's lab (rescue) is staying with uswhile Andy and Ashley are away. It was a little tense at first...with male dogs getting a little territorial,but by the first evening things...
- A Walk Onthe Wild Side
Week One The trail cameras have been up for only two days now.Hubbs and I took the dogs for an early morning walk into the 100 acre woodsto fetch the SD card from each camera. With excitement and anticipation, we hiked the half mile through light rain to...
- Countdown To Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving week!Don't you just love this holiday?Lots of family time...just spending time, eating, playing...without the pressure of gifts and decorating!It's maybe my most favorite holiday of all. It is this time of year that we take...
- A Little Surprise
We are doing a little waddle dance here at the farm. The ducks are excited and so are we!!! Last night while changing the water in the duck hut,my daughter Jenn found something wonderful! Three grey duck eggs!Our first. Raising this...
- And More Snow.....
Here are a few more pictures of our weekend snowfall. We were lucky enough to have Amanda and Tim snowed in with us. We spent Saturday making lasagne, baking, watching "White Christmas" and working on a puzzle. Sunday we all took the girls for a walk...
Animals
I Love This Camera!
If you are ever in the market for a point and shoot camera that can do
anything that an expensive digital SLR camera can do....
this is YOUR camera!!
I have to confess, I went to Costco and bought
the same exact camera that I lost in the woods.
Why?
Because I have never found a better bang for my buck!
This camera does absolutely everything,
for less than a lot of fancy point and shoot cameras.
So, there it is,
the end of the camera saga.
My apologies for the lapse in picture taking.
I will be carrying this little number around with me all day today...
recording life as it happens....
wacky life on the farm.
For now, though, I will share some pictures that I downloaded
from one of the kids' (Amanda) cameras.
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| Colorful mushrooms in the Hundred Acre Wood. |
We spent Sunday walking the perimeter of our acreage,
checking our "No Hunting" signs and adding new ones.
This is a chore that we do every year
on the weekend before Thanksgiving.
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| (Amanda and Hubbs with pants tucked in socks to discourage ticks) |
Hubbs and Tim (Amanda's boyfriend, and our adopted son)
marked our boundaries,
while Amanda and I wrote our name and address on all
of the old signs.
We even saw some wildlife....
a bear in the woods....
No, not really....
that is Maddie, our Newfie.
All the dogs went with us and had a blast running through the woods.
Unfortunately, I ended up with a tick bite on my back.
Yuck!
The only thing I dislike about life near the woods,
is the ticks.
Thanks to this chore,
the local deer have a safe haven in our woods
yet another year.
PPS... I have found a website that turns blogs into books, and so I have started to compile the last several years' blog entries into books for us to keep. I am hoping that it will serve as a sort of history for future generations when we are no longer here. If you want to do the same with your blog, check it out....HERE.
- A Walk On The Wild Side....week 5
We have an overnight guest for the better part of a week.Sam, Andy and Ashley's lab (rescue) is staying with uswhile Andy and Ashley are away. It was a little tense at first...with male dogs getting a little territorial,but by the first evening things...
- A Walk Onthe Wild Side
Week One The trail cameras have been up for only two days now.Hubbs and I took the dogs for an early morning walk into the 100 acre woodsto fetch the SD card from each camera. With excitement and anticipation, we hiked the half mile through light rain to...
- Countdown To Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving week!Don't you just love this holiday?Lots of family time...just spending time, eating, playing...without the pressure of gifts and decorating!It's maybe my most favorite holiday of all. It is this time of year that we take...
- A Little Surprise
We are doing a little waddle dance here at the farm. The ducks are excited and so are we!!! Last night while changing the water in the duck hut,my daughter Jenn found something wonderful! Three grey duck eggs!Our first. Raising this...
- And More Snow.....
Here are a few more pictures of our weekend snowfall. We were lucky enough to have Amanda and Tim snowed in with us. We spent Saturday making lasagne, baking, watching "White Christmas" and working on a puzzle. Sunday we all took the girls for a walk...