Posted on July 21, 2019 by mrssmythe
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Greetings to you! I hope you’re staying cool in all of this heat – that is if, like us, your area of the world is currently sweltering! For once, it’s too hot even to go to the pond, so we’re all hunkered down inside,…
Category: Books, Chickens, Crafting, Critters, Garden, Seasons, Travel, Week in Review Tags: backyard chickens, backyard guinea hen, black-eyed susan, Bringing Nature Home, bumblebees, butterfly, chickens, crochet, day lilies, dragonfly, guinea fowl, guinea hen, Howe Caverns, macro photography, mermaid cat, silver-spotted skipper, stamens
Posted on February 18, 2019 by mrssmythe
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We had another visit from the wild turkeys this week. If you look along the top of our back fence, you can see our turkey (the white one) sidling up to a wild turkey (the darker one to the right). At first we thought…
Category: Baking, Books, Chickens, CPT's Lens, Critters, Kitchen, Old Books, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: backyard chicken, backyard poultry, barred owl, Cheesecake Cookbook, domestic turkey, eggs, granola, guinea hen, homemade granola, Junior's cheesecake, Oatmeal Bread, pet guinea hen, pet turkey, Tightwad Gazette, wild turkeys
Posted on November 25, 2018 by mrssmythe
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The Berkshires looked like a Christmas card this past week. CPT A captured some of the beauty while off running errands. Just magical! Not so magical…this broken snowblower: This is what comes of mice in the shed. And, it perplexes me, because I want…
Category: Books, Celebrations, Chickens, CPT's Lens, Critters, Old Books, Week in Review Tags: chickens, guinea fowl, It's an Old New England Custom, pumpkin pie, pumpkins, snow, snow blowers, Thanksgiving, turkeys
Posted on November 18, 2018 by mrssmythe
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I took a step toward holiday decorating this past week by bringing up my “Winter Animals” from the basement. They’re festive, but not overtly Christmassy, so I figured I could sneak them in early. This year I added a strand of twinkle lights for extra…
Category: Books, Critters, House, Old Books, Seasons Tags: cats, knitting, Mr. Wa, opal, rabbits, Ruth Wakefield, Shetland Scarf, Toll House Cookbook, Tucson Pullover, Veteran's Day
Posted on September 5, 2017 by mrssmythe
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The girls are studying American history this year, and one of the books Ginger will be reading is The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Have you ever read that book? I’ve read it three times. I think it’s one of my favorites. The book is set in…
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