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I love this dress

My favorite one yet

I wrote a couple of days ago that I was making a dress and I’d share pictures.  You might have noticed that that dress was blue.  This one is orange.  Well, I made another one.

Simplicity 1577 is addictively easy  to make, especially with the changes I made.  It also [...]

Kale in winter

Wile we’ve had a mild winter so far this year (today, it’s 50 degrees and raining, which is what it’s normally like in November here, not January), this is pretty typical for kale in winter in central Ohio.

Kale in winter, a little droopy, but just fine!

We actually have some other kale that [...]

Catching up

Yes, it’s been a while, but since August, I have …

Gone to the Canfield Fair.

By the cow barns, I believe

Gone to an OSU game (though I’m done with college sports, especially football).

I can't remember who OSU played

Spent many days with our elderly [...]

Garden update

The garden grows apace.

I'm going to be canning a LOT of tomatoes.

Hopefully I'll also be making a lot of pickles from the cucumbers!

First beet harvest: golden beets

Bean flowers

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Front yard garden

I don’t often talk about our front yard because it’s mostly decorative, overrun with lilies, and, frankly, I don’t go out there much since we live on such a busy street, but here are a few pictures.

The rose of sharon, only a few years old, is huge and happy

Quite accidentally, we [...]

Chickens in summer

People often ask what we do with the chickens in the winter, and our answer is, basically, “nothing”.  They’re hardy and really, chickens are much better off cold than hot. Heat is really what you need to worry about with chickens.

In the summer, we make sure the girls have adequate water at all times, [...]

Sad dog is sad

Doesn’t Kaylee look just the picture of sadness?

Dog yoga

How does she do that?