August days

The kitchen garden has reached it's peak capacity. The pumpkin is taking over the lawn, the tomatoes are  knocking over their supports, the cabbages are getting fat, and we're over run with broccoli.

Very pointy egg this morning from my aged Araucana hen.

Such a  good apricot year!  I managed to process 40 lbs before I made myself sick eating too many.

Heading to the root cellar with the latest apricot jam and dill pickles in the wheelbarrow..


Buck and Mike have the right idea.  Napping away the hot afternoons in the cool living room. 

July

How did it get to be mid July already?

Holstein chicken

It's not easy being the roosters favortie girl.  He "likes" her so well she has no feathers on her back anymore.  Poultry romance is, well, kind of violent.  So with a bald hen it was time for action. Either Rooster would need a pedicure or  the hen needed some protection.

So now there's a chicken running around in my yard with a jacket.

The free pattern I used was found on Back to Basic Living.   The one I made is from the same template but I used scrapcanvas and lined it with fleece.

What a difference a week makes

While still cold, below freezing, at night; the days have started to warm up. A few brilliantly sunny days and lots of rain have brought on the big melt.  Daffodils are coming up and new song birds are dropping in.  So while there is a wind today that will rip your ears off if you're not wearing  a cap; I have hope that spring  is coming. If very slowly.

WTF?!!

Why is there a screwdriver in the lettuce crisper?  Stupid chemo brain.  The worst part is I can't remember the last time I used this screwdriver.  The lettuce is fresh so it had to be sometime this week.

I've been doing crosswords and brain teasers as recommended to regrow brain cells. Clearly that's not working.

Yesterday my left hand forgot how to milk.  What's with that?