Last week Piper and Daniels garter snakes gave birth to ten little ones. We got to see one still in it’s sack! I had to rescue one that had it’s ‘cord?’ tied around its tail. We didn’t think it was gonna make it but with a magnifying glass and scalpel we were was able to [...]
It was a very busy weekend! There were 8 kids and 3 adults in our house for 3 days! Wow! It was so much fun. Gina brought her granddaughter who is 4 and 3 of her nieces; ages 6, 8, and 11. So along with our 4 there were [...]
I can remember being little. I remember pretending. I remember forts and trees and roots that made up little rooms of the fairy houses. Acorns were bowls, leaves were little mats and furniture was made from little twigs and yarn I took from my mom. It was a magical land. I couldn’t wait to [...]
Monday Piper and I planted 70 tomato cells:
Rutgers – Heirloom
Gina’s – Family Heirloom
Brandywine – Heirloom
Rose De Berne – Heirloom we’ve grown and saved seeds from since 2001
Mystery seed – Unknown but we’ve been growing it since 2001
Sweet cherry tomatoes – That we started in our garden in Lyons back around 2002.
It’s really fun [...]
Woo Hoo! We had pancakes this morning on our new griddle. Sure beats the frying pan! (Thanks Sara!) We were able to get them all done before the bacon was even done. Usually the hubby is crabby by the time they’re done cause it took so long to make ‘em that he and everyone else [...]
This is insane. I really want to blog. But as I sit here Kheon is crying on my leg because I set him down (9 months). I guess I’ll go clean the kitchen for a while with him on my hip. Piper wants to sit down and weave potholders together so I might do [...]