I don't really need a reason ...do I?

We finally cracked open that guineafowl egg

You can see the difference in size compared to a regular egg. 

It's going to take a lot of those eggs to handle a hungry man.

Hey we need a woodburner ... okay I'll get right on it.

When you live in the country you should always have a secondary heat source in the 

event of a power outage. We kept our eye out, got a woodburner at a really good deal 

from the local Trading Post and once we decided on the placement I started the install.

Prepped and ready for stone

I collected stone from the creek bed, cutted them down to size 

and Judith and the kids cleaned them up

Mapping out the stones

Got my rhythm going

Almost done

The next day the mantle went up

Sealed and ready for grout

Through the roof and ready for the chimney pipe

Double wall to single wall

Silas showing off the new stove

Dad there a fire in there

Warm and toasty

Judith turns ...

Girlie getting ready for Woodstock

                                                                                                               Cellular photo by Judith

Echo and his new car

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Closing out the Christmas Season with some Christmas Cookies

Well back to the grind.

What Are You Doing New Years Eve? by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-L...

Happy New Year to All!

New Year’s on Bleeker Street, NYC - Collins 1943

It's a dog's life

They say getting a pet is a heartbreak waiting to happen and when you move to a rural community it hits closer to home more than ever whether your dog is shot by a neighbor because he or she took a liking to eating their chickens or they got too close to a pack of coyotes and lose. Who knows what could happen when they have 100 plus acres to roam.

Well nothing that dramatic happened to two of our dogs but a couple of weeks back Daisy our Beagle came home filleted with a 2” long cut on her hind leg from who knows what and out came the Crazy Glue and I’m happy to report she’s doing nicely. It is amazing what that stuff can do it’s crazy.

Last night George disappeared into the woods and didn’t come home for dinner. The kids, the three other dogs, and me went out looking for him in the woods as it started to get dark. About 30 minutes into our search, the sun went down and the big galoot comes running over to us in the dark soaking wet. Why I don’t know it was about 38 degrees out and water would be the last thing I would venture into.

So, we walk back to the house and feed him his dinner and after he was done he comes over to me for his nightly pet which I did and his fur didn’t feel right to me so I look at my hand with the flashlight and notice my whole hand was covered in blood. His blood.

 Seems he had a fight with a bramble thicket and lost. The top of his head and the side of this neck had all these baby cuts. It seems these dogs need to learn the hard way.

By the way we only came home with 2 dogs the other two were lost in action in the woods for another two hours.

It’s a dog’s life.

Hank feeding the multitude

Emerson in the Woods

... in a sort of creepy way.

Moon over the Homestead

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Our first guineafowl egg

That's one tiny egg.