Posted on July 11, 2020 by mrssmythe
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So excited to see a Monarch butterfly in my front garden yesterday! Of course, it was on the milkweed. Let’s hope this is the first of many such visitors!
Posted on June 14, 2020 by mrssmythe
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Hello, all! I hope this post finds you well. We’re still staying mostly at home these days, though things are slowly opening up in our state. CPT A continues to experiment with sourdough recipes in his free time. Most recently, he made hamburger buns….
Category: Baking, Crafting, Garden, Pollinators Tags: black swallowtail caterpillar, bumblebee, crochet, homemade hamburger buns, mammoth sunflower, peach lily, peach tree, peonies, pinto bean seedling, seedlings, sunflower seedling, vegetable garden, wild yarrow
Posted on May 24, 2020 by mrssmythe
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It’s hard to feel isolated when you’re surrounded by animals. That’s one of the things that has helped our family during these past weeks of self-isolation. The pets keep us firmly set in our routines. They provide us with companionship. They entertain us. I’m…
Category: Baking, Chickens, Crafting, Critters, Garden, Pollinators Tags: apple blossoms, backyard chickens, backyard pond, backyard poultry, backyard turkey, baking, British Shorthair cat, dog grooming, garden, green frog, honeybees, macrons, Mr. Wa, toads
Posted on April 13, 2020 by mrssmythe
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Things continue to wake up in the yard and in the neighborhood. These days, the corn we put out for the chickens draws a wide range of visitors – from chipmunks and birds to squirrels and, most recently, a rabbit. Meanwhile, the azalea in…
Category: Chickens, Crafting, Critters, Insects, On the Home Front, Pollinators, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: azalea, backyard chickens, backyard flock, backyard turkey, blue slate turkey, bumblebees, cats, Mr. Wa, quilting, rabbits, sewing, Shadow, super moon 2020, turkey, Violets, wasps, wild turkey
Posted on November 1, 2019 by mrssmythe
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October greetings to everyone! Isn’t this a fun picture of the girls? We stopped in at Yankee Candle in Deerfield last week and couldn’t resist a shot in front of these pumpkins. Yankee Candle always does a great job with their fall decorating. I…
Category: Crafting, Family, Garden, Out & About, Pollinators, Seasons Tags: acorns, beach, bumblebees, crafty intentions, crochet, crochet snowmen, hammonasset state park, hampton ponds state park, hippocampus, monarchs, ocean, pumpkins, quilting, straw flowers, Yankee Candle
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