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 March 27, 2020 by mrssmythe
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Things have been a bit more relaxed around here of late. The other day, I caught Ginger with the chickens in our mud room. Chickens in the house! Actually, I read somewhere that some colonists did keep chickens in their homes. And, as fun…
Category: Baking, Chickens, Cooking, Crafting, Critters, Garden, Week in Review Tags: backyard turkey, chickens, creamy cheddar-potato soup with bacon, goldfish, knitting, potato soup, snow
Posted on March 12, 2020 by mrssmythe
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There’s always a sort of color “drought” between the months of January and March, and I find myself strongly drawn to anything bright and cheery during this part of the year. Do you feel this way, too? Here are some of the things that…
Category: Mrs. Smythe Tags: afghan, backyard chickens, backyard turkey, chickens, crochet, crocheted pony, knitting, les mis cake, mitered squares, trees, victor hugo
Posted on June 4, 2019 by mrssmythe
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It’s Iris season! The lovely specimens you see below are currently outside the Smith Museum in downtown Springfield. Happily, I have irises growing in my own yard as well – though not in such spectacular profusion. Here is a yellow “volunteer” that popped up…
Category: Chickens, Crafting, Critters, Garden, libraries, Museums, Week in Review Tags: backyard chickens, backyard turkey, domestic turkey, east longmdeadow library, fair isle knitting, fair isle vest, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, george walter vincent smith museum, irises, knitting, perennial geranium, smith museum springfield
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