Love those girls and their farm-fresh eggs...and finding this tiny one made me smile!  Kitty on the coop...Tinkerbell getting a bird...

January on the farm.... temperatures plummet and we turn our heads away from bone-chilling blasts of wind. However; there is stil...

You-Tube Video credit "Ashokan Farewell" has been, for us, one of the most beautiful, haunting songs we'...

Now that's a snowman!    Happy New Year, and may it be a blessed 2013 for you.

Holiday homecomings and gifts from the heart have certainly taken the chill out of the winter winds. Nearly 8 inches of snow fell in our ...

"As the Christmas season envelopes us with all its glory, may we, as did the Wise Men, see a bright, particular star to guide us...

I know everyone is so busy...I'll keep this short. I received an early Christmas present and just had to share.  A while ago my mom pa...

This vintage-style Santa has greeted us each time we come through our kitchen door for several years.   And last week, I decided he ...

Shops around the town square are readying for Christmas. Windows are now filled a rich blend of both traditional and vintage trees. Some tre...

Very good friends of ours are moving away...it's a sad time when folks that we've come to know well, and enjoy their company so much...

Image Source Wishing you a Happy Thankgiving!

The more I learn about beekeeping, the more I love our chickens!  Just kidding...while I do love the girls and their farm-fresh eggs,...

Photo Credit... I obviously don't exercise enough. After stacking wood with my family this weekend... My back and shoulders ache...

A heartfelt "Thanks!" to the publishers of Capper's Farmer for including me in their first-ever Winter 2012 holiday bookazine...

Just like everything else on the farm, it's time to prepare for winter. So we're putting the garden to bed, stacking straw ...

The days are crisp now and the colors glorious. Bittersweet tangles over old wooden fences, the scent of woodsmoke is in the air each eveni...

It's a rainy day in the Midwest, and that means "check beehive" has been moved to another day's to-do list. However, th...

While the skies darkened a bit, luckily the clouds kept on rolling by...they were only teasing, and so a visit to the Country Living Fair ca...

photo source: www.todaysphoto.org Our last post for practical preparedness was on how to safely purify water in case of an emergency…...