Here is a photo of the Pacific Ocean from the coast of Northern California. I took this on a family trip in April 2017. The sky was perfectly blue, and the water and waves were beautiful! I entered this

I'm sharing a photo of the lake I live by. Its a fairly typical photo, I've probably taken a couple dozen photos of nearly the same view over the years we've lived here. The problem is, I don't remember

This year I planted less than half the amount of carrots I've planted the last few years. Last year the gophers or moles ate about half the carrots so this year I decided to give them less satisfaction.

Every year we spend countless hours cutting, splitting, stacking and finally burning firewood. This year we got our wood done early, in September! I don't think we've ever had a full years worth of firewood

Some things just taste like summer to me. Watermelon, hamburgers and corn on the cob. One of the ultimate summer treats are tomatoes grown in my garden, ripened on the vine. I've had a hard time the last

How would you like this spot to drink your morning coffee? When we bought our house this was a fully enclosed porch. There was marine carpet on the floor and a huge hot tub in the middle of everything.

The computer is telling me its been three months since I last opened Steemit. Summer went by in a blur and today its the first day of school. I thought about logging in and sharing a few things over the

For many years my chicken house has been a safe, friendly environment. This all changed when I saw a mouse in the chicken house a couple of months ago. I went in to give the chickens feed after dark and

After a month of working in the garden I harvested my first handfuls of garden goodness this morning! The strawberry plants are loaded with berries in various stages of ripening. Today there were enough

How I hate folding laundry. I usually put it off as long as possible and today was no exception. Six loads of laundry strewn across my bed and no clean socks in my drawer. I began the arduously task with

I seem to be constantly acquiring animals. Every now and then I look around and ask myself “Where on earth did all these animals come from?”. I think my husband feels this way on a daily basis. This week

There are things I enjoy about each season, but spring is special. After a long cold winter, spring is when things come back to life. The daylight hours are long and the evenings are cool. I'd like to

This weekend we were taking photos at a wedding. @justinmullet shoots a few weddings every year and I tag along as his second shooter. I'm not much of a second shooter, mostly I keep things moving, tell

I've had several breeds of rabbits over the years, both meat rabbits and dwarfs. One spring I impulsively sold all the meat rabbits and purchased a pedigreed Holland Lop doe. Since she was bred when I

Being a cat person, I think everyone should have at least one cat. All my life I’ve had a cat, with the exception of the year we lived in a third floor apartment with a strict no pet policy. Cats come

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls a   f a v o r i t e   r e c i p e A fresh pan of rolls, ready for frosting! There has been much excitement at our house since two of my brothers are coming for a quick visit. They

My oldest daughter has had an up and down relationship with the chickens from the very beginning. She was so tiny when she saw her first chicken, she’s never known life without them. As a baby she would

Few things thrill me more than when my husband gets excited about one of my projects! I love how the plants stand out against the mulch. While Justin has been busy with his work I have been busily at work

This good looking girl is Magdalena, a Delaware hen! I bought her from a feed store as a chick a couple years ago. I found someone willing to trade chicks for goat stud services and bought a batch of Delaware

Cooking Dry Beans Beans are one of the staples in our diet. They show up on our table several times a week in several different forms. I cook up a pot of dry beans about once a week. Beans with rice or