I have a tendency to believe that my opinions are gleaned from years of rational and objective analysis. The truth is that most of our opinions are developed from years of paying attention to information that was aligned with what we were already inclined to believe while ignoring information that challenged our preconceived notions. This […]
We are just beginning construction on a workshop at the end of our driveway. It will be a 12′ x 20′ workshop to start. We will add an 8′ x 20′ room along the left side to bring the building up to 20′ x 20′. The building will rest on 10″ square concrete piers dug
Well, we weren’t expecting to breed Bonnie, but our neighbors Pit Bull decided otherwise. We have 5 healthy puppies that are 3 weeks old today. The only brown & white puppy (about 2 weeks old in this pict). The rest are black & white. This that same brown & white puppy at 3 weeks old.
“There is no food, only ingredients to make food.”, says Ben. “Well then make your own food!” we respond. We don’t buy processed foods very often. We always have lots of healthy food (ingredients) in the house, but we don’t usually buy snacks that we can just open the bag and devour them. It turns
Coco was checking out a snake on a cedar tree outside the kitchen window. I took a single photo before Coco decided to take a frustrated swipe at the snake, which promptly slithered away.
I need to build a workshop so I can have a place to do woodworking projects, maintain machines and keep myself and the tools out of the weather while I’m doing it. I have a building site selected and quite a few 8 to 12 foot logs that have been cut to 1 1/2″ thick
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A huge planter full of Dwarf Sunflowers. We’ve seen hummingbirds around the sunflowers, but my chances of getting a picture of them is slim to none. Sarah is relaxing in the garden.
Purple Potted Pole Beans are a new cultivar that we are growing this year. We used 16′ cattle panels formed into an arch to grow these pole beans. They are a bit larger than the green pole beans (Turkey Craw) we grew last year. It doesn’t look like it , but pictured are quarts of
This hen, who is a bit less than a year old, has just hatched out her second clutch of eggs! Her name is Ptera, short for pterodactyl. She’s vicious when it comes to protecting her chicklets! The first clutch was hatched in the nursery area of our coop – just like things are supposed to