I have been positively giddy about Stuart recovering completely from his leg injury. He can walk and even run again without any sign of pain or a limp. I have also been pleased that he has been pastured with Chica without incident. If you are a ...
Me, my dog, my camera, and my car.
My old, reliable Prius was beginning to show her age. She still got great gas mileage, but the dented passenger side and worn cloth seats just weren't working for me anymore. I researched and considered buying another Prius, but in the end I fell in ...
It’s all about toast.
No, this is not a food post. Not even close. It is a Tucker post. What's up with the title then? Glad you asked. We know when Tucker is beginning to need a bath because he starts to take on the aroma of toast. It starts gradually, sort of like ...
It was as big as my head!
This year I planted an heirloom tomato variety called Mortgage Lifter, a large pink-red fleshed tomato, weighing at least a pound but capable of reaching 4-6 pounds. I harvested some of the last of those tomatoes today. The largest tipped the ...
Animal Sightings
Sometimes when you have animals, you see things you can't un-see. We are about to experience our first emu mating season here at the Buck 'n Run Ranch. I am afraid we are going to see things that we really wish we hadn't seen. Until then, there's ...
Help, there’s a black hole in my dining room!
We have been in our circa 1894 farmhouse for a year. We bought after it had been renovated so there were no big projects. There is one minor problem that we have yet to address. It is a big black hole in the dining room. For the purpose of this ...
Wordless Wednesday
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Somebody’s gonna need the Stick-of-Shame
If you are unfamiliar with horned goats, you may not know that they seem to always find a way to get their head stuck in a fence. Our fainting goat Laverne is guilty as charged. This is her fourth time since we moved to this property. Some goat ...
Halloween Preparations
I am a huge fan of Halloween. When my children were little we used to decorate our house and scare the neighborhood kids. A few years ago I started amassing a large collection of Halloween props and decorations. I cannot even estimate the amount of ...
Photos from the Beach
Here are a few of the hundreds of pictures I took on our trip. Michael always tells me to leave the camera and just enjoy the scenery but I just can't seem to do that. Alcatraz Island as taken from a motor home on the new Bay Bridge. Cool ...
Down at the Ocean
Michael, Tucker and I just returned yesterday from our motor home trip to Half Moon Bay, on the California coast. You may have seen a couple of posts I made while on the trip. Blogging in an RV park on an iPad is no easy feat my friends. The internet ...
Butt Sniffing and Lobster Rolls
We made it to Half Moon Bay yesterday on our RV trip to the coast. Tucker has never been to the beach, or so I assume. He spent the first year of life tied to a chain in a yard. The next few months he was physically abused by another "owner." After ...
Being There
Forces in the universe conspired to rob me of a full night's sleep. The roosters decided to crow all night. Michael fell asleep to country music blaring in the next room until I went in at 4:30, screaming like a banshee for him to turn it down. ...
A boy’s gotta do…
what a boy's gotta do. Tucker wanted to play with Michael in a giant beanbag chair. Michael wanted to play with his iPhone in a recliner. It took a bit of effort but, Tucker won. ...
Some Birds Ain’t Supposed to Fly
Emus love to get wet on a hot day. Michael sets up a sprinkler for them, but they only want six inches of water. Silly emus. Here is our sweet Louis, beating the heat. ...
September 11, 2001. May we never forget.
This post original ran on 9-11-2011, the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on US soil. Please feel free to add your comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------On the morning of 9-11-2001 we were ...
Rose Bushes 1, Deer 0
The rose garden has managed to escape the night-time marauding deer. The tomato plants have not been so lucky. The game camera will be out tonight to see how they are getting in. But, this is about the roses. The drift roses we planted along the ...
Trojan Carrots, with a surprise ending.
This is neither a recipe nor a condom post. It is actually a post about drug smuggling. Yes, we are drug smugglers now. Jack, our mammoth donkey has a foot abscess and has been prescribed an anti-inflammatory medication. It is an apple and ...
Wrong, in so many ways.
Tucker is obsessed with a stuffed duck. They take long naps in the sunshine. They gaze lovingly into each other's eyes. They spoon. I think Tucker may love the duck more than the duck loves ...
Emu Mayhem
A little back story: Chica has been on the outs with the other three emus since we moved here almost a year ago. For whatever reason, she started displaying mating behavior quite early. That set her apart from the others and resulted in her being ...