Month: September 2014
Posted on September 29, 2014
Harvest Time Bounty
As fall magnifies its presence in our little neck of the mountains, my husband and I have been exploring the beauty and bounty of the season. We recently visited an organic farm apple orchard to pick apples for… Read More
Posted on September 26, 2014
Exploring Their New Home – Miller Farm Friday
By Guest Blogger Chicken Wrangler Sara We moved the chicks out into the chicken yard several weeks ago. We’ve gotten past the “gathering chicks” stage where they must be retrieved from under the coop each night and put… Read More
Posted on September 24, 2014
Change – One Word Wednesday
In last Monday’s blog, I talked about the changing seasons. Winter gives way to spring, spring to summer; summer to fall and then we’re back to winter again. There’s something comforting in the constancy of seasonal changes. We… Read More
Posted on September 22, 2014
Bye, bye Summer
Today is the Fall Equinox and signals the official end of summer. I know you thought Labor Day ushered out summer or the first day of school ended the carefree days of summer. Not so. Those are the traditional… Read More
Posted on September 19, 2014
What Day is It? – Miller Farm Friday
By Guest Blogger Chicken Wrangler Sara We bought a new mattress last week. After 17 years we thought it was about time. It was delivered on Saturday. Perhaps that explains my confusion. I slept fine on the new… Read More
Posted on September 17, 2014
Beauty – One Word Wednesday
Edie Melson’s graphic of Thoreau’s quote about heaven under our feet fits perfectly with today’s word – Beauty. Recently my husband and I have been out and about traveling to farmer’s markets and orchards to buy fruits and vegetables to store for the coming… Read More
Posted on September 15, 2014
An Unexpected (and Uninvited) Summer Visitor
This summer has been a revolving door of visitors at our house and we’ve loved it! We’ve seen folks we haven’t seen in thirty years and caught up. Plus we’ve gotten to spend time with family. There has… Read More
Posted on September 12, 2014
Chick Update – Miller Farm Friday
A blog by Chicken Wrangler Sara The chicks that hatched at the end of July are doing great. We started feeding them fermented chicken feed right from the beginning based on Rachel’s research, and we have had no… Read More
Posted on September 10, 2014
Word-Magic – One Word Wednesday
Webster defines word-magic as magic involving the use of words in a manner determined by a belief that the very act of uttering a word summons or directly affects the person or thing that the word refers to…. Read More
Posted on September 8, 2014
Harvest Moonlight and Spooning
Recently, I attended a stargazing gathering at the home of our local Night Sky expert, Darlene Danko, who writes a weekly column by that title for our local newspaper. It’s one of the first columns I read. Last week,… Read More
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