I’d say it’s officially fall here. There were local areas that were touched by frost this weekend, the snow birds (my parents) headed back to Florida, we had to turn on our furnace, and our household caught the first cold of the season. It was one of those beautiful crisp fall weekends where it draws you […]
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June on the homestead
We’ve had a busy couple of weeks to start off this month. I’m looking forward to a relaxing Father’s Day weekend at home. Maybe I’ll even get ambitious and cook instead of having Papa do it :-). We’ve been blessed with beautiful weather this month. There has been quite a bit of rain but most […]
Where is Winter (Wednesday)??
What is up with our weather?! I’ve heard this is supposed to be an El Niño year but I don’t remember a year this mild and warm. We had one day of snow – back on the 2nd of December. I’m not even sure it lasted 24 hours before it melted. Just check out our […]
Hiking the Seven Bridges…almost
Remember last fall when I talked about how we hiking on the McGilvary-Seven Bridges Road trail? It was such a beautiful day that I kept bugging the family to go back and do it again. But I knew we had to pick the right conditions. During the spring/summer months it is probably loaded with mosquitoes since stagnant backwaters […]
June on the Homestead
I have a confession. I have been meaning to write about what’s going on at home for almost 2 months now. I took pictures of the strawberries and rhubarb growing… … of the seeds I started indoors… … and of the flower blossoms on our fruit trees… … but they never got posted. The apple […]
April poem
I should have worn my boots today This ice and snow won’t go away The gauge reads 32 degrees But it feels much colder in the breeze This snow makes me want to hibernate When spring finally comes I’ll celebrate I’m tired of these winter weathers I want to put away my sweaters!
What a difference a day makes
On Saturday we had some wonderful spring weather. Granted it was cool, but the sun was warm and that made it a good day to be outside. Our flowers have started to bloom. Only these crocuses have appeared but we have sprouts for daffodils and tulips peeking through the ground. Our […]