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The joy and the heartache of new life on the homestead 7 Aug 2013 | 03:54 pm
I have my camera back. So I thought it was about time to share some pictures of our little adventure out here. Especially since guinea keets are about the cutest thing there is when they’re newly ha...
On becoming a shepherd 31 Jul 2013 | 03:54 pm
So we got sheep. Shepherds we are not. At least not yet. It takes a lot more than having a small flock of sheep to be a shepherd, I am learning. People keep telling me sheep are stupid. And I can de...
Being watched 20 Jun 2013 | 03:54 pm
So I’m sitting with a cup of tea after a long day of busyness without much accomplishment. I watch one more show than I intended on hulu and suddenly it is after one. And I realize I never collected t...
The beginning of our shepherding adventure 14 Jun 2013 | 04:16 pm
I don’t know how many of you realize this, but my husband is Australian. And he was raised on lamb and mutton, apparently. At least, that seems to be what he goes on about most these days. And have yo...
Encouragement comes in the strangest of places 5 Jun 2013 | 04:00 pm
So, I sort of left you with a listing of failures. And with a bit of a temper tantrum at the faucet where I gave up. Then I got an email. If I wanted the blue Ameraucana chicks I had … Continue readin...
From one father to another in grief 20 May 2013 | 03:00 pm
Troy, a grieving father who lost his son not too long after we lost Tiggy, left a comment on my post sharing some of my difficulties this year. My husband started writing a response to him, but when h...
Perserverence and hope 16 May 2013 | 03:54 pm
For some reason, I started off this season optimistic. Maybe it had something to do with the rain. After watching the crops wither and die, the ground crack under the unrelenting sun and scrambling to...
New life and new adventures 15 Apr 2013 | 03:12 pm
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But I disagree. For while this picture says a lot . . . . . . it does little to express the excitement and the fear, the hope and the worry, … Continue re...
Our Backyard Aquaponics System, Up and Running 22 Mar 2013 | 03:08 pm
After a bit of frustration looking for a hose (and finding it in the obvious place — which would be where we bought the pump we needed to connect the hose to), we finally got everything we needed to f...
Unstuck, or Just how important is the Bible? 17 Mar 2013 | 05:04 pm
We’re reading Unstuck: Your Life. God’s Design. Real Change. by Arnie Cole and Michael Ross and are finally on to chapter three. Yay! Sorry about the unintentional break there, but I really enjoyed th...
