It just hit me lately — I think I am a procrastinator!! Well, I actually KNEW I procrastinated about some things, like cleaning out the basement, or the freezer. But it hit me the other day that my beloved lists may indeed be procrastination in disguise!! Are you a list maker? I LOVE lists! I…
Is it trash or is it treasure? Whatever it is we’re looking at, it’s all in HOW we look at it. ln WHO looks at it. It’s all in the perspective from which we look. As we know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! The word “trash” and “treasure” can be interchanged with…
Starting in May and stretching through June, miller moth season sweeps across the High Plains and into the foothills of the Rockies. It is a revolting, yet oddly fascinating spectacle that happens every spring. I don’t know how far north, or how far south it goes, but I DO know that it DEFINITELY goes right…
As we all know, good things come to those who wait. Homemade cinnamon rolls are one of those good things. They do not just magically appear on the table. They take a while to to make…..but they are SOOO worth it! This recipe came from our special auntie, who LOVED to feed people GOOD food.…
I have an infatuation with the sky. Maybe it’s because this sky is so BIG out here on the plains. Or maybe it’s because a farmer’s very being depends on what happens in the sky! Or….maybe it’s just me. When I lived over in paradise -aka, the Rockies- I loved the sky there, too….there just…
Sometimes we take our water for granted. Well troubles kind of fix that mind set! We live out in the country, so we have well water. (We also have GOOD water–that’s not the case everywhere, we’ve learned!) Actually, we have 2 wells, that are both tied into the same line. That is a good thing…
My heart is wounded. SOMEONE–one of my beloved chickens–VICIOUSLY attacked Beatrice, one of my Barred Rock “babies”. A bit graphic here, but it looked like a raid on a covered wagon train. They took her scalp. Here they are…..a few days before the attack. Left to right: Samuel, Pierre, Agatha, and the fated Beatrice. Cuties!…
I had a problem the other day. A problem that I don’t usually have. Like, I can’t even remember when I’ve ever had it before! I went to make some cinnamon rolls, and I HAD NO FLOUR! NONE! (The tiny bit of white fluff in the bottom of my flour jar doesn’t count.) Here is…
I LOVE to garden. I LOVE to grow food, I LOVE to put up food. We have quite a big garden space–because we have lots of room for a big garden space. Not everyone has, or even WANTS a big garden space. BUT…if you want the thrill of growing your own food, and even if…
Corn smut has 2 very different faces. That’s not something just everyone knows! One face is corn smut, the other is Huitlacoche. Which face you see, is dependent on where you live, and what you are trying to grow! It is corn planting time, on the plains, and corn smut doesn’t show up for a…
