One morning, around 5:30 am, I’d just come back inside from letting the chickens out and was heading back to bed, when I happened to glance out the bedroom window and was startled to see these two birds sitting on the roof, peering down into our yard: Well, that’s new. They flapped down into the [...]
My husband has been working in the kitchen for the last 4 1/2 days straight, tearing out the old cabinets and the lath and plaster. Next post will be a photo-tour of the mayhem and destruction. Meanwhile, though, I want to show you the bathroom walls: I don’t even really have a defense for this. [...]
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These sweet flowers are in big blue pots on my front porch. I found the first tulip in our yard today — not quite open, but any minute now. The magnolia tree is covered in pink blossoms, the daffodils and forsythia have been giving us beautiful yellow color all over the yard for a few [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
It’s been slightly less than forever since I did an update on the yard and house. We’re starting to think about how to prepare for winter, and seeing what we can get out of the garden for fall and winter. We also need to make sure the chicken coop is well-insulated, and we’ve already gotten [...]
We’ve started doing a little bit to the kitchen to get it ready for the changes we want to make. Step one was tearing out the false ceiling: Step two was tearing out these cabinets: So, now it feels much more open from the kitchen through to the dining room and beyond into the living [...]
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WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!
The previous owners of our house left behind four or five birdhouses around the property, and I’m pleased to say that they all have occupants this spring. The one above is right off our backyard deck, so we can sit in the living room and watch all the activity. Mr. Wolf snapped this awesome photo [...]
We have had such a wonderful weekend here… two full days of sunshine. On Saturday we made up a pen out of four posts and some burlap & bird netting and we let the chickens into the yard for the first time. They loved it, and it made me really look forward to when we [...]
Hey, what’s up. Well, all six chicks are still with us. And, we have flight. I caught one on top of the water container and a few minutes later, watched one fly up to the top of the bin. Time for the netting! This week the tail feathers started coming in and they’re really busy [...]
taking a drink Well, we made it through week one. The chicks will be 7 days old on Tuesday. We found out they were a day old when we got them and they hadn’t been vaccinated, so we switched over to medicated food. They’re learning how to roost and scratch — and boy are they [...]
