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Goodness, the month of June has flown by! My youngest grandson stayed with me this month and I really enjoyed his visit. Despite being dragged into participating in many of my tasks and projects, he said he had a good time, too. In addition… Continue Reading “AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT’S OVER”
The most dreaded term in the world of quilting is “reverse sewing.” This is a euphemism for ‘you messed up and have to rip out all the stitches you just completed’. While usually easy enough to accomplish, it’s aggravating and is sometimes accompanied by… Continue Reading “THE ART OF REVERSE SEWING”
One of the nice things about using the Deep Litter method in the chicken coop is that over the course of the year, we can just add more bedding on top of the old, with an occasional layer of Diatomaceous Earth. The bad thing… Continue Reading “IT’S THAT TIME”
The weather was the most exciting aspect of January. Other than the Polar Blast we got though, January was just another slow month on the homestead. With eleven bodies heating the coop, the girls were fine in the frigid weather. The challenge was keeping… Continue Reading “WINTER SLOW DOWN”
I know I have been absent from the blog for several weeks. I’ve not been completely idle, I just haven’t been doing anything of interest on the homestead. The homestead has been in “maintenance mode” for winter. You know, watching the cats dig up… Continue Reading “BACK IN THE SADDLE?”
Today I pulled the pea plants – a sure sign that spring in North Carolina is over and done. It was a rainy spring, which made watering the garden nicer, but now… The humidity starts. I started semi-retirement in March and have been working… Continue Reading “SPRING IS DONE”
I disappeared a bit while having adventures. First adventure: I bought a new bed. My other bed was over 20 years old, had become terribly uncomfortable, and rotating the mattress no longer helped. I bought a Dreamcloud hybrid mattress with adjustable frame. I must… Continue Reading “MIA”
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