Posted on April 29, 2019 by mrssmythe
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Eggs! Right now we’re getting so many eggs. All through the winter…nothing. Now, we’re overrun. We give some away, and I try to include eggs with my breakfasts, but when you’re getting 4-5 a day, you really need something that will make a bigger…
Category: Baking, Chickens, Cooking, Crafting, Critters, Garden, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: azalea, backyard chickens, backyard turkey, beef and bacon gnocchi skillet, cactus, chinook dog breed, chipmunks, crochet, crocheted toys, dogs, guinea hen, lemon chiffon cake, opal, pet chickens, pet rabbit, pet turkey, spring, Ursa
Posted on March 10, 2019 by mrssmythe
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I don’t mean to harp on snow, but that seems to have been the theme of our week here. This photo was taken on Monday: And this photo was taken this morning, as we drove to church. Fresh snow plus Daylight Savings Time made…
Category: Crafting, Critters, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: afghans, British Shorthair cat, cat, Chinook, chinook dog breed, crochet, dog, Mr. Wa, opal, pet rabbit, project linus, rabbit, snow, tulips, Ursa, winter
Posted on December 2, 2018 by mrssmythe
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We’ve been up with the sun this past week. Not that we weren’t before. We were. But this past week, there’s been more of an urgency about our mornings. We’ve wanted to make sure the new birds are doing well, so, at the first…
Category: Chickens, CPT's Lens, Critters, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: Advent, chickens, chinook dog, Christmas, dog, guinea hen, hawk, knitting, opal, rabbit, socks, sparrows, turkey, Ursa
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 10, 2017 by mrssmythe
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This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about caterpillars. We found a monarch caterpillar in the hydrangeas getting ready to spin its chrysalis about ten days ago. By the time we’d finished dinner, it had finished the job. Since then, it has weathered several…
Category: Chickens, CPT's Lens, Crafting, Critters, Garden, Week in Review Tags: cats, chrysalis, Kipper, knitting, manny, monarch caterpillar, opal, pumpkins, rabbit, sedum, Shadow, Sockhead Hat, Ursa
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