...or at least I think it's a shrew.
DH found it while cutting hay. We took a few pics and then let it go. Shrews, after all, eat a lot of bugs and bug larvae.
If you know exactly what it is, leave a comment. Thanks!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Knee High by the Fourth of July
I'm about 5'9" or 5'10", and the corn is over my head and hasn't even started to pollinate yet. I'm hoping for a bumper crop!!
Friday, July 3, 2009
In the real world
Big Sis has officially graduated. We had a huge party with tons of food, lots of people, and many, many squirt guns. Oh yes, you read that right...squirt guns. Big Sis didn't want a dull grad party like so many she'd been to.
"Old people eating cake and staring at the kids...no thanks...we need to have fun while we can get away with it," she tells me.
Fun ended up meaning a weenie roast complete with s'mores, two cakes, ice cream cones, squirt guns, a slip-n-slide, a pinata, party favors, games, oh..and did I mention buckets of water once the squirt guns were deemed insufficient? After all, every kid should be launched into the real world soaking wet, right? ;)
"Old people eating cake and staring at the kids...no thanks...we need to have fun while we can get away with it," she tells me.
Fun ended up meaning a weenie roast complete with s'mores, two cakes, ice cream cones, squirt guns, a slip-n-slide, a pinata, party favors, games, oh..and did I mention buckets of water once the squirt guns were deemed insufficient? After all, every kid should be launched into the real world soaking wet, right? ;)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Nice ass!
Someone in our neighborhood recently got a donkey. It's awesome to hear the roo's crowing across the valley at each other and then an answering "hee-haw!" from the donkey.
I think that's one of the best things about living in the country - the sounds. We have birds singing all day, flying squirrels chirruping at night, roosters crowing, hens clucking, ducks quacking, geese honking, guineas squawking, and now a donkey braying...among the zillion other sounds (crickets, cicadas, cats, dogs, etc).
Sometimes it's just nice to stop and listen.
I think that's one of the best things about living in the country - the sounds. We have birds singing all day, flying squirrels chirruping at night, roosters crowing, hens clucking, ducks quacking, geese honking, guineas squawking, and now a donkey braying...among the zillion other sounds (crickets, cicadas, cats, dogs, etc).
Sometimes it's just nice to stop and listen.
Friday, June 12, 2009
uh oh
H1N1, better known as Swine Flu, has been declared pandemic. The weird thing is that I have not heard diddly about the flu for weeks now.
When it first was discovered, it was all over the news, top story at every hour. Then *poof*... Nothing. What gives?
Ok, I know I've been out of touch and haven't seen or heard much news, but I still catch those top of the hour Fox News blurbs, and haven't heard a thing about the flu. Did they think we'd forget if they didn't remind us?
Thankfully, the flu so far isn't as bad as expected, though even WHO is telling us it could get worse with more severe symptoms and more deaths. Lots of hand washing going on around here, but we normally do that anyway, so maybe that will be something in our favor.
In other news...
I'm still working but am moving to three days a week. I'm glad to be keeping my job as I really enjoy what I do and I really really enjoy the paycheck. Moving to three days a week will free up time to get more done around here, as well, so maybe it's the best of both worlds? We'll see. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
The garden is finally almost done. I know it's late to be getting some of this stuff out, but what can I do? Melons and amaranth are the last things on my list to put out, so after this weekend we'll only have weeding, harvesting, tending, etc, to deal with. Then it's on to firewood. **falls over from exhaustion**
When it first was discovered, it was all over the news, top story at every hour. Then *poof*... Nothing. What gives?
Ok, I know I've been out of touch and haven't seen or heard much news, but I still catch those top of the hour Fox News blurbs, and haven't heard a thing about the flu. Did they think we'd forget if they didn't remind us?
Thankfully, the flu so far isn't as bad as expected, though even WHO is telling us it could get worse with more severe symptoms and more deaths. Lots of hand washing going on around here, but we normally do that anyway, so maybe that will be something in our favor.
In other news...
I'm still working but am moving to three days a week. I'm glad to be keeping my job as I really enjoy what I do and I really really enjoy the paycheck. Moving to three days a week will free up time to get more done around here, as well, so maybe it's the best of both worlds? We'll see. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
The garden is finally almost done. I know it's late to be getting some of this stuff out, but what can I do? Melons and amaranth are the last things on my list to put out, so after this weekend we'll only have weeding, harvesting, tending, etc, to deal with. Then it's on to firewood. **falls over from exhaustion**
Monday, June 1, 2009
New Post
Newest post is here. Apparently, if you start a post and save it to draft, blogger dates it for the day you started it, not the date you publish. Go figure.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
WTF??!!
Someone just mentioned that we only have a few short months til winter. WTF?! We just had a killer frost about a week ago!
Yes, it's true, only four short months until we will have a fire going again. I know that's only October, but yes, around here, that will be when the temps drop, at least at night, into the freeze zone.
Four months. I just can't get my head around that one. I knew summer was short here, but I've never really put a number on it. I know, I know: It's much shorter in other areas. But that's not for me. I can't wait to move south. As much as I love our place (and it's almost done, darn it!), I just can't take much more winter.
I don't even have the garden done yet. I still have a lot of plants to get out, and then a ton of other outdoor summer projects, and I'm supposed to start thinking about firewood?? AUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!
But I'll get over it, I suppose. It's just the initial shock of realizing that summer, at least here, is so short and winter is already looming. Oh, and the fact that my respite from firewood has been brief, to say the least.
I guess now I understand why so few people choose to lead a more self-sufficient lifestyle. I don't mind the work, but all of that in addition to a 'real job'...yikes. Thankfully, I'll be done with my seasonal job soon enough to concentrate on the dreaded F word (firewood), and put up the garden harvest. I hope.
Yes, it's true, only four short months until we will have a fire going again. I know that's only October, but yes, around here, that will be when the temps drop, at least at night, into the freeze zone.
Four months. I just can't get my head around that one. I knew summer was short here, but I've never really put a number on it. I know, I know: It's much shorter in other areas. But that's not for me. I can't wait to move south. As much as I love our place (and it's almost done, darn it!), I just can't take much more winter.
I don't even have the garden done yet. I still have a lot of plants to get out, and then a ton of other outdoor summer projects, and I'm supposed to start thinking about firewood?? AUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!
But I'll get over it, I suppose. It's just the initial shock of realizing that summer, at least here, is so short and winter is already looming. Oh, and the fact that my respite from firewood has been brief, to say the least.
I guess now I understand why so few people choose to lead a more self-sufficient lifestyle. I don't mind the work, but all of that in addition to a 'real job'...yikes. Thankfully, I'll be done with my seasonal job soon enough to concentrate on the dreaded F word (firewood), and put up the garden harvest. I hope.
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