Homesteading on 2 Acres – a Girl and her Dogs
Homesteading on 2 acres in a tiny house; a girl, her dogs, and some vegan recipes
During the first few months of this year the moon has been visible through the side window of the house nearest the kitchen for most of the night. It rises in the direction of the greenhouse shed and sets over the dog run. This is the way it was when i first moved into the …
Continue reading “The moon is now in the sky where it was when i first moved onto the property.”
This year there hasnt been much cloud cover. As a result i’ve seen much more of the moon than i usually do. Ive also seen an unprecedented amount of shooting stars this year.
On the Saturday of the eclipse i had to work. It was a good thing though because it meant i could help take the patients out to see the eclipse. I was worried that on the weekend there wouldnt be anybody with that mindset but unbeknownst to me Rosemary was on the schedule. She’s full …
Sundown began with a bright beautiful full moon. It lit up the darkness and i was able to water the plants easily as everything was bathed in moonlight. It was yellow when i left the house around 5:30 am. When i arrived in fredericksburg the moon was just above the horizon, huge, and it had …
The car read 108 degrees today and the porch thermometer at the house said 112. The tv at work said we tied the previous record in 2011 today for highest number of consecutive triple digit temperature days recorded at 27 consecutive days. They are forecasting 40 days. They say tomorrow will make 2023 the new …
I did not finish with the chores tonight until 9:30 pm. As soon as the moon rose i didnt care. Everything melted away and i was filled with a sense of contentment and perhaps joy. Walking around in the middle of the wilderness under a nearly full moon gives me a sense of well being …
A full moon was something ominous back when i worked in a psych ward. None of the patients’ medications seemed to work on a full moon. The veterans hallucinated enemy soldiers and re-employed all their combat training, including how to strangle an individual from behind with a phone cord. The schizophrenics had a tendency to …
The first two pictures are photographs of the moon in the couple days leading up to the eclipse, right around sundown. The photographs below are a collective progression of the most recent lunar eclipse from around 3:50 am to 5:15 am. I will make one note about the behavior of the wildlife during this eclipse. …
I wasn’t feeling too good when i went to bed last night. I buried my face in Sili’s fur, pulled the blanket around me, and hid from life. Something made me roll over and when i did i noted what i first mistook as a flashlight shining through the window. As logic returned to me …
A temperature drop was on the way. I had spent the predawn hours preparing for work and then taking a thirty minute nap in my car amidst a backdrop of lightening and pitter patter rain on the metal roof and windshield. For me, i’ve always had trouble getting to sleep in a house but i’ve …