Finding the Extraordinary in Everyday Life
Posted on February 9, 2020 by mrssmythe
The days must be getting longer because more of our birds are laying now, including the turkey! Suddenly, we find ourselves with a surplus of eggs again. In other poultry news, we attended the Northeastern Poultry Congress in January. This is one of our…
Posted on March 10, 2019 by mrssmythe
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 March 3, 2019 by mrssmythe
A pretty slow week here. All of our attention seems to be on either waiting for the snow to leave or dealing with the new drifts that arrive. Most everyone is thoroughly tired of snow and chomping at the bit for Spring. Here, Ginger…
Category: Baking, Chickens, Crafting, Critters, libraries, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: backyard chickens, Chinook, chinook dog breed, DIY bath bomb, Eglu, kitchenaid light rye bread, rye bread, snow, Ursa, winter
Posted on January 20, 2019 by mrssmythe
We woke up to about six inches of drifting snow this morning – a much lower amount than forecasters had been predicting for our area. That said, CPT A still had to get out the snow blower (only the second time we’ve used it…
Category: Baking, Chickens, Crafting, Critters, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: chickens, gingerbread, guinea hen, Heidelberg rye bread, homemade bread, homemade soap, mary jane gingerbread, rye bread, snow, sunrise, turkey, winter
Posted on January 10, 2019 by mrssmythe
“Cozy” is the worm I’d use to describe our New Year’s Eve this year. For us, it was a rainy night with lots of wind – the perfect weather for hunkering down by the fire and watching old movies…which is exactly what we did. After…
Category: Baking, Celebrations, Crafting, Critters, Seasons, Week in Review Tags: Black Forest Cake, camel yarn, catahoula leopard dog, Christmas, Kathi Black Forest Cake Mix, knitting, manny, New Year's Eve, winter, yarn
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