On our way home from church today, Steve looked at me and said that he was considering processing ALL of our ducks. I was pretty surprised, since our original plan had been to eat 20 and keep 10 for egg laying. We were making a stop at the feed store on our way home, and I think the dollar signs were getting to him, specifically the $35 signs that it’s been costing us to feed these ducks. I was really not so…
As a new hand spinner, I really feel like I don’t have much to say about spinning. I can’t offer suggestions about different types of wool, wheels, or techniques. What I DO have to say about spinning is that (despite my original misgivings) I absolutely love it. I haven’t had much opportunity to spin our Angora (all of our bagged wool that we’d accrued over a year of raising rabbits went missing in the move), but what I HAVE been…
About two years ago, Steve and I had made an apple pie after the boys were in bed, and thought that, as a fun treat, we would let Gabe have pie for breakfast the next morning in lieu of our typical raisin bran or shredded wheat. In the morning, Gabe woke up while I was showering. When I came out, I said good morning, and asked how he was. He though a moment, and replied “Well, I cried a little…
Our ducklings arrived today! After a nail biting two days in transit (my tracking from USPS refused to update after they arrived at the first post office, and I was terrified that they were actually stuck in the postal system somewhere, scared and starving) they made it to our local post office safe and sound! 31 birds were shipped to us, and only one didn’t make it. In fact, the others all arrived hale and…
My first blog post was going to be about homesteading with kids. But I wrote and erased two posts, and couldn’t quite seem to find the words to say exactly what it’s been like trying to pursue a simpler life with little ones. Since “they” say that a picture is worth a thousand words, here is my one thousand (and sixty eight) word post to sum it up.