" Most of April hours are happy ones...for even the dreariest rain means the quickening of the frosty old earth into a new splend...

As I sit down to write this, the sun is shining and when the clouds part, the skies are a robin's egg blue...but don't let that lead...

A heartfelt thanks to the publishers at Backyard Poultry magazine. If you take a peek inside their April/May issue ("The Joyful Sound...

Ah yes...yesterday, and just for a bit this morning, there were snowflakes drifting down from the spring sky. Snowflakes! Delicate bloom...

April is full of foolery…so far she has presented us with unseasonable temperatures in the 80’s. These warm days have brought early buds on ...

Wait...no need to answer that...maybe I don't want to know! Let me tell you where I've been. On March 15 thunderstorms and light...

It's been almost a year since six delightful chicks came to live with us... Henrietta, Hermione, Spotty, Alex, Cinnamon, and Hershey ...

...if they're not already springing up in your gardens, stop at the flower shop and bring home a big bunch of tulips, daffodils, or h...

Last night Little Man and his Cub Scout pack took a trip to a nearby sugar house. It was a wonderful experience for them...as well as the ad...

A cookie without flour...but packed with so much goodness, you'll never miss it! Oh-so simple to whip up, filled with all our favorites...

Why yes, it did take me quite some time to stitch up my chicken apron... Days turned into weeks... Weeks turned into months...          ...

There's still time to stitch some handmade gifts for Valentine's Day...these will be ready in no time! This sweet garland was a ...

Okay, these just made me smile... and I couldn't resist sharing our heart-shaped potatoes found at the bottom of the vegetable bin....

"Just as a dancer, turning and turning, may fill the dusty light with the soft swirl  of her flying skirts, our weeping willow now ...

The morning light was casting such pretty and unusual shadows from the spinning wheels,  that I wanted to share... When we take the ti...

and it seems the birds are the only ones braving the winter winds and snow! It was -1 when I drove the kids to school this morning. And ...

Oh how this Santa makes me smile! With his basket of eggs and a happy hen on his arm, I'm not sure I can tuck him away with all the o...

    6  happy hens x     1  egg per hen  = 6 eggs a day You've heard me say it before, when this past November we had a daily egg count...

...make this the year you snap lots of photos...golden sunsets, laughing children, smiling grandmas,  glowing...

In our part of the Midwest, we're getting our first good snowfall today...it's beautiful and the kids couldn't be more excited! ...

From our family to yours...wishing you a new year filled with all the good things life has to offer.  May 2012 find you surrounded by family...

The weekend began by celebrating the wedding of this lovely couple. Then, on Christmas Eve day, Little Man was baptized. It was a sw...