Tickling Tadpoles
This is the first entry to my blog site, which my savvy computer-enthusiast sister "F" helped me set up. She tells me the stories I live with my husband and four, soon to be five in a couple of weeks,...
View Article"In Waiting"
Here I am in waiting just a day before the official Sept. 10 due date of my sixth child, a baby girl, name to be determined at birth. The German phrase "in Erwartung" (in waiting) so accurately...
View ArticleIn Waiting, Take Two
Today is Sept. 11. As much as I would like to have this baby as soon as possible, the Lord willing, today's date wouldn't be good. My father is visiting, and said if she came today, we'd have to name...
View ArticleGeorge is in prison
I don't have too much time to write. I have my "second wave" of kids coming in a half hour on the bus. My "first wave" is my oldest and youngest at home with me in the morning with my pre-schooler...
View ArticleHen with Bare Back
I couldn't figure out how to put two photos on my blog about George, our naughty, oversexed rooster, so here's another photo of one of our black sexlings hens who is recovering from oversexed bare back...
View ArticleA story of a Viceroy Butterfly
This morning, as my kids were darting out the door to get to school, I heard them lingering at the outdoor staircase with excited little comments about something to do with a butterfly. A hurt...
View ArticleHis Blood Shed For Me
It's Thanksgiving Day and I have so much to be thankful for- a loving, supportive husband, beautiful, sweet children. I've had a lot of burdens lately too, which I'm trying not to let cloud my...
View ArticleHome-made, Milk Jug Chicken Feeders
We've been feeding our chickens for four years on various pieces of wood with trays of all sorts. It was better than throwing it directly onto the ground, which would partially end up going to waste...
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