Good Neighbors make me Happy!
Just another reason rural Minnesota is a great place to live is because of good neighbors. One of my neighbors is assembling a snow fence on HIS property to block snow from OUR driveway. He is taking his time, and using his snow fence to bless us. Happy! Happy! Happy! Thanks Lee.
November 3, 2014
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Vote the Bible
I will vote for the men and women who support the Bible.
November 3, 2014
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Cheese #1
I made my first batch of mozzarella cheese today. It will take practice, but is not bad for a beginner.
October 29, 2014
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I Like Herbs
The process has begun to sort the saved annual and perennial herb seeds for next season. The new project is to grow medicinal and culinary herbs in square foot garden boxes. The plan is to learn how to plant, prepare, and process new varieties of herbs. When facing a Minnesota winter, it is good to have something to look forward to. Smiling now!
October 27, 2014
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Saturday
A pie in the oven, Bob hammering shingles on the roof of an old dog house, my neighbor plowing his corn field, big dogs guarding sheep in the front yard, and friends coming over for dinner –it is Saturday on the farm.
October 25, 2014
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A Mouse in the House – every Autumn
Every autumn, my farmer neighbors bale their hay, cut the corn and bring in the soy beans. Every autumn, the little field mice become homeless.
Every autumn, they invade the borders of my basement looking for a warm place to spend the winter. Every autumn, Bob dispatches mice. He has help from the poodle who thinks he’s a cat!
October 22, 2014
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Minnesota
The reality of another frozen winter in Minnesota is setting in. I went shopping for the first time in months and returned home with two pairs of insulated gloves, one head band with ear flaps, and one quilted vest with lining. I’m not in Texas any more, you think?
October 22, 2014
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A Good Thing
It is a very good thing when my Grandson, Mark, can spend his 21st birthday hiking in the woods with his Dad. And the beat goes on–
October 17, 2014
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Garter Snake
My big surprise was a garter snake , alive and well, in the basement. He or she was in a basket full of things I had moved down there several weeks ago. I did manage to move the basket and the snake up the basement steps, out on the porch and into the back yard. Garter snakes eat bad bugs and grubs out of the garden, so I tolerate them, just not in my basement. Last week, I found a huge Salamander crawling around on the back porch. By the time I retrieved a shovel to scoop him up, he was long gone. The appearance of an indoor garter snake and a back porch salamander are unusual. Living in the country has taught me to expect the unexpected and deal with it. Glad it wasn’t a bear!
October 14, 2014
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“Date Night”
Observation–You know you live in the country when “Date Night” is a trip to a farm supply store to buy salt blocks for the sheep and electric water buckets for the big dogs.
October 13, 2014
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