We had a warm winter and evenly spaced bouts of light rain. Nothing died. Im killing an average of 1 scorpion nightly in the house. Sometimes two. This is a record as previous years brought one a week at most. Although sometimes they surprise me and crawl across the floor in broad daylight. Weapon of …
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Oashni
This fawn is a very well behaved one. She or he does whatever its mother says. It is the appropriate amount of timid and it is a good hider. Things between myself, the dogs, Oashni, and Sula went off the rails right from the morning of day 2. Sula appears to be at her most …
The Hill Country Sky
From what i am told it is that time of year when the fields are set ablaze in mexico to render the ground fertile for new crops. For the past few months the sky has been thick with haze and the horizon has been somewhat blurred by the particulates suspended in the air. this has …
The Annual Daddy Long Leg Porch Convention
Well, it is that time again. The daddy long legs have arrived and amassed as a cluster on the porch. Actually right this moment there are currently three clusters on the porch ceiling, stragglers gathered in my potted plants, and a number of them climbing up the walls of the house. Once they pick a …
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Sula’s Surprise
Sula is a white tailed doe that has given birth on my property 4 out of the 5 years ive lived here. Her favorite birthing spot is here in the location of the photograph under a cedar tree but the last time she did give birth under a cedar in the orchard. Every year she …
Sunset
Well, we were supposed to get some red hued northern lights all the way down here due to an extra strong solar storm. However, it was overcast both nights and there didnt end up being anything to really see. Instead myself and my neighbors have been looking at my second cousin’s photos from washington which …
Hazel
Cleopatra and Arsinoe are the giant spotted orb weavers that hang out in the oak tree near the gate but lately ive noticed a smaller orb weaver making a web on the actual gate. Ive named her Hazel. She’s pretty calm and low key. Cleopatra is always busy, ever moving and spinning up june bugs. …
Timing, Dishes, and Weather.
It sprinkle rained off and on for a whole week so i couldnt use the dish washer. Then suddenly the forecast called for 2 sunny days. Endometriosis came to play and both days ended up being days in which i couldnt lift the 40 lb dishwasher and carry it to the porch dragging the tube …
Thistles in the Woods
My friend Cindy and i were walking through the woods on her property in an effort to check out her new bee boxes where she had thousands of healthy and docile honey bees buzzing about, doing their thing. It was an exciting development on her homestead. There was an article about it in the local …
Newest Side Project on the Homestead: Heal Finger
I cut my finger tightening the lawn mower blade after running into an unforseen hidden stump in the grass that loosened the blade which was now rattling back and forth as it turned. I had a work glove on the hand holding the blade but neglected to glove the hand holding the wrench. I thought …
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