Figured all our critter posts focused on snakes and squirrels were doing a disservice to the amazing array of beautiful and welcome critters here on the farm. Take, for instance, my encounter with a pair of butterflies apparently dancing in the dog yard the other day. One black and one classic monarch yellow, the two …
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Creatures: Part 3 – The Snakes say Goodbye
I have been on the receiving end of more than a few raised eyebrows and my share of comments about the fact I have not appeared in any rush to rid our house of snakes. Fact is, snakes slithering overhead in the attic don’t faze me. Which, of course, surprised many friends given my propensity to scream hysterically …
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Enough with the renovations?
Well friends, so much for good intentions: I will blog every day, every week … well, at least once a month … to keep people up to date on progress and to chronicle our efforts to repair and restore our new home. Going forward, I’ll stick with posting as frequently as possible and trusting that is enough. …
The day Jim went out of town (originally known as The Day of the Snake)
Oh my gosh, what an eventful day today has been. Let me start by saying, the expression “that which you focus on becomes real” has never seemed more accurate to me than today. Some background: May is graduation month in our family. Brittany graduated two weeks ago with her Master’s Degree of Science in Counseling …
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Operation Restore the View
May 8th – Sunday. 2nd beautiful, sunny day with wonderful temperatures so we decided it was time to tackle the yard, well a part of it anyway. When I was young, we would often sit on the porch at night with Grandmommy, and sometimes Granddaddy, after an early dinner and watch the evening envelope the …