Archive for June, 2003
Gardening is a Passion
Gardening is a passion. Have you ever heard someone say that and wonder what it means? Let me explain.
If you’ll remember one of my past entries I moaned about how I feared voles would eat all my corn seed. In spite of those fears I did plant the corn . . . and waited for […]
A Skunk and Other Things
Last Tuesday a skunk visited the chicken yard.
It was evening time and the sun had already set. The last light of the day was quickly fading when Evan dashed inside and told me he had seen a skunk in the chicken yard. “It surprised me,” he said. “I saw this white thing and I didn’t […]
Besting Myself
Last Saturday for Evan’s birthday I cooked spiedies outside over a fire for him. That was plenty of adventure and work, but today I did even more.
Though I am known to occasionally make work for myself, I generally don’t do it without reason. The reason for cooking out a second weekend in a row was […]
Haying Begins
It is the season for haying. Yesterday Arlan, Lachlan, and I did our first haying job of the year.
In case I have readers who are so urbanized as to not understand what haying is, I’ll give a quick explanation. Haying is the process where the grass of the fields is cut and dried, then baled […]
Evan’s Birthday
Evan’s birthday was this past Saturday. He turned ten. It is a tradition in this family that a person gets to choose their birthday meal. Evan wanted to have something cooked outside over a fire. He asked me if I would cook spiedies outside for him. I agreed.
Dad cannot stand the taste of food cooked […]
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