Progress looks like a kitchen floor 05/16/2011
After YEARS UPON YEARS of living with an unfinished floor in my kitchen, it's starting to look like just maybe I will be the proud new owner of a gorgeous hardwood floor sometime this year. Maybe. I hope. At any rate, Roger is busy planing wood that we harvested from the old corn crib here. Caution: This video is LOUD! Also, we just introduced a new soap scent: Sandalwood. It smells wonderful! Add Comment Words are overrated 02/10/2011
But I have some photos to share, for what it's worth. Winter is rough stuff, but it helps a whole bunch to share days with the most adorable baby the world has ever known. But first, the annual Romeo kid photo, Christmas 2010 edition. In other news, the chickens are starting to pick up their egg production a little, despite the snow and cold. I take that as a positive sign of imminent spring, and you should, too. Finding the eggs that they lay can be a bit of an adventure, though, since some of them like to build nests in the big hay bales that we feed the goats. It's like an Easter egg hunt every day, only without the candy. Perhaps the surest sign of spring is the seed catalogs that have started to arrive almost daily in our mailbox. Finally, this little video/photo montage of Ariel singing and strumming on the mandolin is NOT a sign of spring; it's just adorable, and I hope it will cheer you up some if you need cheering. And if you don't need cheering, I admire your optimism. Settling in... 12/02/2010
Welcome to the random thoughts in my head. It's been awhile since I've written anything here. I'm usually pretty lazy about keeping up this blog anyway, but since I became the mother of TEN kids, I'm finding it much harder to think in complete paragraphs. Last night we ate the last of the garden's tomatoes. Not bad for December 1! Before the first frost several weeks ago, we rescued all the green tomatoes still on the vine. Most of them I turned into a savory green tomato relish which I processed using the boiling water bath method. Salsa in January makes the winter a little more bearable. The rest of the tomatoes I carefully laid in a box and set aside for ripening. Over the weeks, they ripened slowly (or in some cases, they rotted, but I don't expect perfection), and we enjoyed them in salads. And then the remaining fresh tomatoes went into last night's dinner: rough chopped and roasted in a hot oven with onions, garlic, olive oil and basil. Served with sauteed chicken hearts (marinated and sliced thin, oh so yummy!), it became a nutrient-dense last farewell to summer. On December 1! So now I have to make peace with winter. In other news, Lucy is almost 3 months old. Great googly moogly, the time is flying by with her! The days are long, but the years are short. Labor Day 09/13/2010
Guess what I did on Labor Day? Go ahead, guess. Alright, here's a hint: ![]() Lucy Nelsene Romeo was born just before 11am on Labor Day after a very short and peaceful labor at home. We are so very blessed. And now she's a week old already! Time flies when you're blissed out on that new baby smell. Spring has sprung and the grass is riz 04/07/2010
Spring is for planting. See what popped up in our garden? I wonder if they're edible? ![]() I bet the toes are, at any rate. I'll do a taste test, and let you know in the near future. Deal? Whew! 08/11/2008
Late, late, late! I feel like Piglet. We must keep to the schedule! We're behind schedule! ![]() ![]() ![]() What did you do to celebrate the 4th of July? ![]() Here's my patriotic baby. Awww. ![]() In farm news, the kids are gearing up for the county fair which is next week. I'm not ready. I know from prior experience that I will not get much sleep that week and it will be too hot to breathe. But the kids are really excited about the fair, so I am, too. Ben's turkeys are enormous. All he has left to do is figure out which one he wants to bring to the fair and then give it a bath. The best laid plans 06/22/2008
You want to know what makes me really irritable? No? Oh. Well I'll tell you anyway. ![]() ![]() The Vet I Would Thank 05/26/2008
Memorial Day and the unofficial start to the American Summer is almost over, but it feels weird this year. Big Bird 04/08/2008
The weather as I type this is far too lovely for me to be squandering time in front of the computer, so this will be brief. But since I am still sitting here with a child on my lap, I might as well show you the turkeys. They have been here for two weeks already - my how time flies! ![]() That's what a turkey looks like when it's one day old. Ben is raising them for one of his 4-H projects this year, just like he did last year. He does a very good job of taking care of them; I only have to look in the brooder once a day to see that he is keeping them in food and water. In a couple of weeks, they'll be ready to move out of the brooder and onto pasture. Then, when they're ready for market, they will be almost as big as Ben. ![]() Here he is in the show ring with the turkey he selected to take to the county fair for judging. He won the trophy for Novice Showmanship. I'm very proud of him! | Who's that?
Much of the blame belongs to me, Alison. I am: Wife to 1 man, Mom to 10 kids, and Farmer to a great many critters. ArchivesMay 2011 CategoriesAll |