Summertime Begins….Finally!

June 2, 2011 By 22 Comments

Summer seems to be in full-gear around the farm! This is what I’m talking about! Finally, my clothesline is up and in business!  Four lines about 25 feet apart!  All the rain kept us from installing this for far too long now, but it felt great yesterday to hang laundry and again this morning.  Sometimes [...]

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Daisy Delivers!!

April 11, 2011 By 34 Comments

What a beautiful thing to come home to….new life! As you’ve been reading, I have been out of town for a few days in Chicago, visiting with my daughter Hailey.  I’ve been checking in with my husband morning and evening to get the status on Daisy.  As of Sunday morning, no “down there” changes for [...]

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Enjoy Winter Birds

February 1, 2011 By 6 Comments

  Bird watching… I love it.   Slowly, but surely, I’m learning my native birds and understanding what they like to eat.  In Ohio, and in my humble feeders, we are seeing a few Chickadees.  They are very difficult to snap pictures of, they take off at the slightest movement.  I just love their little [...]

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Friday Wrap-Up: Hiking, Materialism and Minimalism

October 1, 2010 By 6 Comments

This week has been busy, but ‘prioritized busy’ and that’s a good thing. One of my goals this fall/winter with my little homeschooled ones is to take advantage of our area’s wonderful natural resources, namely the parks and trails.   The Dayton area is rich in parks, namely MetroParks, a very well run organization of parks and [...]

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Our Second Honeymoon: Day 2

July 28, 2010 By 4 Comments

Day 2 Agenda:  Jeep tour into the Rockies Check out these 6 seater jeeps!  We all piled in and hit the road. We weren’t really sure where we were going, but the anticipation was intoxicating! When the driver tied the stick shift up with a bungie cord, I wasn’t sure what to think….I was ready [...]

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Don't Be Messin' with my Java

April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I am a proud, coffee snob. I do not like cheap coffee and I’m ok with that. I also despise drinking coffee from a styrofoam cup and will only do so if I’m desperate. While I was Aldi last night, I noticed this new package of coffee called “Donut Store Blend” in the Dunkin’ Donuts [...]

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Invasion of the Frogs

April 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Our kids have been checking the pond almost daily, looking for changes and critters. Yesterday, Meredith came in, nearly screaming with joy about the frogs they had found. She insisted that I get my shoes on to come and see! Here is one of our froggies, he seemed to be standing watch over the eggs. [...]

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