Monthly Archives: May 2016

What Mondays are meant to be

OK I know that there is about a million things that we could be doing on a Monday afternoon, but the sun is shining and the weather is warm so guess what we did? We went kayaking. Whooohoooo!!!! We hurried … Continue reading

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Update on the Cat Hostal

My brother said he would help with the metal panels in the small chicken coop and he picked up the one piece that he would use it for an example in the afternoon and just like that he was back … Continue reading

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Cat Hostal

I was able to pick up an old chicken feeder at an auction that I went to last year and had it stored since then. And guess where it was stored – where else? In the brooder house.  It was one … Continue reading

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Outside work

It’s a holiday weekend!! WhooooHoooo!  I’ve got a lot to do this weekend but I sure hope that we also fit in some fun things. So tonight I go the rest of the flowers thinned out by the old milk … Continue reading

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What I should have been doing..

Now normally my flowers are not always the show stoppers, and honestly I’m OK with that. But for some reason these past few years the iris’s really took off and I know that I have to do something about it.  I’ve … Continue reading

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Chores first!

We knew that we wanted to try to get some bicycle riding done today, but there was a lot of projects that had to happen before that. You know, the old rule of thumb that you have to do your … Continue reading

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May is my month!

Mother’s Day has been now a couple of weeks ago and now that the flowers were all planted and hopefully didn’t freeze too bad last week, it’s time for Mom to enjoy her other part of her gift.  The gift … Continue reading

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Rock Star!

I know this might sound pretty weird, but now that my garden is in, I just can’t help walking by it and taking a look at it! It looks so good and clean that I catch myself even stopping and … Continue reading

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Garden is planted!

I finally got our garden planted! WhooHooo!  Not to sound like I’m bragging, but I’ve to 16 tomato plants, a row of celery, two rows of kohlrabi, 4 pepper plants, 2 rows of peas, 2 rows of onions, and a … Continue reading

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Staying in bed?

How come when you have a chance to sleep in, you just can’t do it? Maybe you’re a lot luckier in falling back to sleep on the weekends, but I’m just not so lucky.  So just like on cue, I … Continue reading

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