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Papa took Hugo and Pax on an adventure. I thought you might like to see some pictures….. It was a day that had it all! There was pure joy with some healthy eating, there was determination with some unhealthy eating. Hugo even dabbled with a little inner peace!…. And Paxy dabbled in some serious rockingContinue reading “While I was canning tomatoes”

Good morning! It’s 5:30 and it’s so quiet that I can hear the fridge running. It’s always running, you know. The boys are spread out in perpendicular diagonals on my bed. Sometimes I don’t know how it happens – I just wake up in the morning and they are there again. They are like raccoonsContinue reading “Just another morning letter”

I start work before the boys get up. I make my coffee and often take it with me on my morning rounds. I set up the store, take care of the animals, water the greenhouses, do the laundry and the dishes. The boys get up sometime in there. I get them breakfast. The other dayContinue reading “Snails and beetles”

Another chicken story….. Shloppy Rooster spends most of his time milling around in front of our house. Now that the weather’s hot, you can often hear him under the front porch. It’s particularly funny to hear him crow under your feet. He doesn’t have much contact with the big chicken flock that live in theContinue reading “Falsely Accused”

We thought about you all day long and missed you like crazy. I don’t know how to express just how lousy it was to not be in touch with you at all on your day. I wondered what you were doing. I hope you had a lovely day doing lovely activities. 13 is a greatContinue reading “Happy Birthday”

We have a dog leash. It says, “SPOILED ROTTEN DOG” all over it. This morning Hugo was thinking about it and asked Cassidy, “Why does it say, ‘DEAD DOG SQUOOSH’?” It’s Wednesday morning and I’m having my coffee and adjusting myself from asleep to awake. Papa’s checking orders for the delivery I have to makeContinue reading “Is anybody interested in some continuous rambling?”

Let me tell you a story….. In the time of Covid, I have let everything slip: the kids’ dental exams and check ups, the car’s oil changes and registrations, and the animals’ shots. I’d realized that all of the animals were overdue for their rabies shots. It seems as if there are lots of peopleContinue reading “It was a day with too many cats”