We finally saw a little sunshine after too many days of rain. Everything dried out enough by Saturday that Colleen and I finally started splitting […] Read More
Category: Small Suburban Homestead
I moved all the firewood in the seasoning racks up to the log splitter, but there is still more wood on the ground. Colleen cleaned […] Read More
It was a crazy week up around here last week. The heat indices climbed up to 105 degrees. Thank goodness for our pool. Saturday was […] Read More
The only things thriving in the heat are the peppers in our garden. Beryl is headed toward the Texas coast. If we don’t get our […] Read More
It’s the last day of June, and I’m offically retired now. The week was hot, but that didn’t keep the deer from grazing in the […] Read More
Mother Nature has cranked up the thermostat to start the summer. The backyard needs to be cut again, but at the moment, the deer don’t […] Read More
Totay was Father’s Day and I’ve settled into retuirement quite well. It was a busy week up here on our little hill, and I started […] Read More
Friday was my last day of school ever with the kids. I will miss them. Colleen still has a week of school before her break. […] Read More
We’re getting ready for summer, but Roux already has it figured out. For me, it will be the start of retirement after 50 years in […] Read More
We got wet last week. Fortunately, a lot of the rain fell at night. Roux took advatange of what sunshine we did have. My retirement […] Read More