I keep trying to get images of the hundreds of baby toads hopping around the property this month but they move so fast. They dont hold still while i focus the camera. The tree frogs do tend to hold still so i have more images of them. I did get one image of a large …
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Nana Pudding
There she is in all her sassy glory. Half the size of her orpington sisters but twice the amount of attitude. if i open the nesting box to load one up at night…she will fly out and need recaptured, you can be sure. Americaunas are smart chickens so if you are used to orpingtons…you’ve been …
The Pullets’ First Carton of Eggs
This was the first whole carton of eggs the pullets ever laid. The eggs started out very tiny. I had to decide which of the people i supplied with eggs got the first batch of enchantingly tiny eggs because as the chickens grew, so too would the eggs, and only one carton was ever this …
Hand Stitching Scrubs
Im currently in a financial era of my life where i cannot afford the services of a tailor…and the one i had retired anyway, so, if threading busts, i have to fix it myself. Due to a bunch of trauma surrounding my sister sewing through her finger and passing out still attached to the sewing …
Connect the Dots with Fedex
I’ve been fighting a lot with Fedex lately. I’ve been receiving a misfits market box in the mail for years now. Misfits market has a deal with Fedex. FedEx delivers the package. In the entirety of the time I have had the service, I have never had to sign for the package, nor have I …
Learning to Change a Tire
When the flood happened i stayed home from work for 2 days. The first day i stayed home because the river was rising and i didnt want to be separated from my animals when it took the bridge and cut us off from the rest of the towns and cities. Who would feed them, hive …
July 16, 2026
I knew it was going to happen again yesterday but nobody would listen to me. Everybody thought i was paranoid…dramatic. Its not like last year, they said. See, the bridge is still there. Yes its flooding but this time its not up to the bridge yet and this time we have bridge officials and the …
A Raccoon Problem
When it rains it pours. 3 days in a row i’d seen eyes in the dark and while they could have been one of my neighbor’s outdoor cats they looked a bit too high off the ground to belong to a cat and unfortunately i had my money on coon. On the 4th day a …
The Chickens Go Outside
It is exactly what it sounds like. The baby chickens graduated. Fully feathered and able to regulate their own body temperatures….they went outside. Poor Sumac has to stay in the house until he is 18 weeks old because he is meant to go in with the older buff orpington hens who are already on adult …
Mowing the Dog Run
It became that time of year again. The grass in the dog run was green and growing and it was time to mow again. I got all the batteries and chargers out and told cashews to leave the *** ******* mower in peace to do its job and we spent a day making the grass …