Marrying an O'Brien has it's upside, especially for someone who loves corned beef and cabbage. My first husband forbid the cooking of corned beef in his home so I lived for thirty years with pizza on St. Patrick's Day. Well, not quite thirty years. ...
Meet Skye…
Our new Ameraucana hen arrived today from Washington state. I bought her from a breeder online, Pips&Peeps. I have named her Skye because of the beautiful blue eggs she lays. I added the "e" because it looks so pretty. Normally, when ...
It was Silkie Gender Day
Today I decided to gather up my three silkies and bring them up to the house for a photo shoot. I wanted to post some pictures on BackyardChickens.com and ask the expert's opinion of their gender. In October I bought the silkies from a company called ...
Making the Most of It
It rained all night and all morning. I scrambled 8 eggs for the chickens, poured some Honey Buzzer cereal for the goats and headed outside into the deluge. I slogged my way around the barnyard, opening gates and coop doors, feeding and watering, ...
Excuses, excuses, excuses…
It's been eight months since my last real blog entry. I could come up with a whole lot of reasons including writer's block, illness, too darned busy, etc. Truth be told I did spend a whole lot of time in my recliner from September 18th until recently ...
Tag, I’m It!
Crazy 8's KentuckyFarmGirl at My Country Blog of This and That tagged me to do this! The Rules: 1.) Mention the person who tagged me. 2.) Complete the list of 8's. 3.) Tag 8 bloggers, and let them know they've been tagged. 8 Things I Am ...
Fun with GIFs
Susan and Wayne came over today and we just sat out back and watched the chickens and goats. Then we watched the news on the television. Then we went to Lowes. All things considered it was a good day. ...
Poor Little Lucy
The last few days I have cracked open a couple of eggs that appear to be fertile eggs. I knew they couldn't be fertile because we don't have a rooster. Well, today I think I figured it out. I heard the sounds of chaos in the chicken yard and looked ...
Lucy, you have some ‘splainin’ to do.
I went out this morning to feed the chickens and goats. Everything seemed fine except Lucy was waddling around the yard squawking her head off. She usually quiets down when I call her name but not today. "Bawk, bawk, bawk!" Non-stop. I gathered two ...
What’s new around here?
Well, I started my morning out in the barn bagging up 165 gallons of poop and hay. That's five 33 gallon garbage bags full. It wasn't too bad as I had all the goats and chickens helping. I think every pitchfork full I lifted had some sort of animal ...
Honey Lake Sunday Race
If you haven't seen the video I posted of the pass Buddy made to win the Sport Race, STOP what you are doing and go here. Scroll to the bottom to watch the video. Really, just do it. OK, thanks. Saturday night at Honey Lake MX Park was something ...
Honey Lake Saturday Races
Buddy got up this morning saying that he was going to win the 8-15 Sport Class today. He has never finished first in the sport race. But, before he could get to that, he had the 70 cc Modified Race. Buddy had dropped to third place overall in this ...
Computer is down.
Just a post to say that my computer is down and out. On Saturday it wouldn't power on so we took it to the Apple Store. It is still in for repairs. I am getting conflicting information about what is wrong and when it will be fixed. As soon as I get ...
An everyday miracle…
I go to Lowes, a LOT. I won't ask for loading help at Lowes. When you ask for loading help at my Lowes, you get a guy named Rich. His job is to help people load items into their vehicles and to retrieve shopping carts. Rich does not like to lift ...
Summer Gardening is On!
I spent the day clearing my raised beds of leftover stuff from my winter garden. I had a healthy amount of moss growing and I decided to remove it before tilling the soil. I lost a good bit of soil in the process so I had to add planter mix to fill ...
Oprah laid an egg on me.
I swear. Here's what happened. I went down to the chicken coop at 6:15 this morning to videotape the automatic chicken door opening at 6:19. I know what you're thinking, but I DO have a life. Anyway, I stayed down there for about an hour feeding ...
Sunday with Susan
Susan is my best friend of over forty years. We did just about everything together until she moved to Nevada five years ago. Now we don't see each other as often as we would like, but we do burn up the phone lines. On Sunday she and husband Wayne ...
We’re Moving!
”Hey!!! Anybody out there??? You. I’m talking to you. I have news. Mama ain’t happy. When Mama aint’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. She says the server over here is too slow, pictures take too long to load, yada, yada, yada. So she’s ...
The Visitor
I went out to the yard this morning to find everyone happy and waiting for me. Then I noticed we had a little visitor in the yard. It was a pretty white bird with black tail feathers. He was just hanging out with the chickens. He would let me ...
You Know What They Say About Spring
Mark Twain once said “The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” Well, technically today is the second day of April but I am taking artistic liberty with the facts. I got my Canon Rebel XT camera back from ...