Summer always seems to go quickly around here. No matter what happens, the garden seems to get away from us. We were actually on top of getting things in on time this year, but then our chickens decided they wanted to be free range chickens and started flying out of their pen. Okay, fine, you do you, chickens. Except we realized too late that they were tearing up our garden. Now it looks like it’s another year of just pumpkins…
We came to the conclusion not long ago that somehow we have become the Weasley family. House with extra rooms added on? Yep. Christmas presents that are hand knit? Yep. Chickens in the front yard? Pick-up Quidditch games? Overgrown weedy garden with gnomes? Ghoul upstairs that makes noise when it gets too quiet? Yep, yep, yep and yep. You may think I’m exaggerating on the gnomes and the ghoul, but I’d be willing to debate you on that because our…
You’re all very lucky! With Rachel and I both temporarily out of work due to COVID-19, you’re likely to get a lot more posts than we’ve been providing these last six months or so. At the moment we’re in need of more hens. With the grocery stores cleared out of essentials, I told Rachel that we’ll never again be caught with fewer than 8 laying hens and 2 goats in milk at all times. She readily agreed. So, a few…
These last few weeks have been quite the experience – both with my own personal health and witnessing what’s going on in the world right now. I’m happy to report that I’ve greatly improved. There is more recovery to come; I’m almost always out of breath, but I do feel good. Thank you to everyone for their thoughts and prayers, and to those who have reached out and sent messages. All of it has been appreciated. I saw a meme…
Well, 2020 escalated pretty quickly for us. Construction on the house FINALLY came to an end, and it seemed like we might be winding back down to normalcy. That is, until late January when my leg became swollen and painful without explanation. The pain and swelling worsened over a two week period until I was ultimately diagnosed with a superficial blood clot (which is ‘not’ dangerous and presents a ‘very low’ risk) and I lost my ability to walk. Then,…