by Tiffany | Aug 18, 2008 | Family, Homesteading Life
Yesterday was pretty quiet for us. We did a couple smallish things around here but not really anything worth noting. Mostly we worked on internet stuff and watched lots of Olympics coverage (thanks to our hard disk recorder since everything good comes on at 2am here.)...
by Tiffany | Aug 16, 2008 | Homesteading Life
We’re no stranger to having random people drop by, asking if we still rent trained doves to fly at weddings and events (and no, we do not.) But earlier this week, a woman stopped in and asked if we were selling hay. For her guinea pig, of course. I have to say...
by Tiffany | Aug 16, 2008 | Food, Homesteading Life
When we took Ayla for a walk this morning, we grabbed a couple of Tupperware containers and carrying bags so we could raid the blackberry bushes near our standard walking area. We picked for about 30 minutes I guess, canvasing a pretty large area of berry bushes and...
by Tiffany | Aug 16, 2008 | Decorating, Family, Homesteading Life
I haven’t written much about the nursery or what we’re planning to do in there…so I figured I would post a few links to the furniture, bedding and so on that we’ve picked out from IKEA. Yes, IKEA. Not too original on our behalf but the value...
by Tiffany | Aug 15, 2008 | Food, Homesteading Life
Around a month ago, I put out a “searching for” request on Freecycle for canning jars. I’m part of about 5 local groups here within a 45 minute driving range but there has rarely been anything I’ve wanted from these lists. There was a sequoia...
by Ayla the Newfie | Aug 15, 2008 | Ayla's thoughts, Featured, Homesteading Life, Pets, The calming years (3-4)
Hey dogsters! I hope you are looking forward to the weekend as I am. I love it when both of my humans are home to love on me and drive crazy! I just have to vent a little about something weird they did last night… A few days ago, mom & dad took a bag with...