The quotes in the title might need a bit of explaining. I have to put “recipe” in quotation marks because while I’ve included a recipe, it’s really more a method to make one of our favorite breakfasts. If I were to write my own cookbook, it probably wouldn’t include many recipes. It would be a compilation of methods for dishes that are easy to make, hard to screw up and with only a few ingredients. Most of those ingredients would be would be…
Our French Angora rabbits haven’t been receiving any attention on the blog lately in favor of other matters. Now we have some shenanigans to report: Hester had a pearl. No joke, the Scarlet Letter is playing out in our rabbitry. To recap, we decided to have a literary theme in naming our rabbits. It started with Hester, a self black doe whose owner had named everyone in her litter after characters from the Scarlet Letter. It seemed appropriate to carry on the theme…
We’ve had a lot of settling in to do this past week. Most everything has gone smoothly, but we did experience some heartbreaks as well. Let’s start with the goats. They’re adjusting nicely and are wonderful creatures. The rabbits could care less whether or not we’re around (except for food time), and the ducks would rather be left to their own devices. Both of these goats are affectionate and love our attention. There’s been some pushing between them as dominance is asserted…
Steve has mentioned a project that we’ve been working on in a couple of past posts. Well, we finally brought that project home: two dairy goats! I can’t tell you how relieved I was when we picked them up. I’d heard plenty of talk about how friendly goats can be, but I know that they also have the reputation for, well, getting into trouble. My imagination had us getting dragged to the van, then wrestling two…
A month or so ago, I came across an article about a family living in a small condo by the beach. Allegedly, they received a nasty note saying that they were ‘selfish’ for having their two- and four-year-old in such a small space when they ‘deserve a yard to play in.’ I’ve wanted to put my thoughts into words awhile ago, but it’s taken me a bit to figure out what I actually think about that. Firstly, whomever is behind this…