Ordinary-time

It's been well over a year since we started assigning the teenaged children a day to cook dinner each week. I have to say, I'm a huge fan of this whole plan. I've noticed a few things about it, so I thought I'd give an update. 
The first is that practice really does build skills. While everyone had pretty decent cooking skills when we started, I would say that their abil...

A photographer friend (April Duda Photographer) came by last month to take pictures of the farm. I got the photos today and I couldn't be happier. They're beautiful. Here are some of my favorites. (And if you're on FB, there's more here than I shared there.)

That would be a new decade for me which began today. It was a lovely and relaxing day. I got to see all my children and children-in-law except for D. who was out of town. I talked to my mom. I had many messages. And I received plants and flowers and books and games as gifts. 
One of those gifts I want to share with you in case you haven't heard of it. It's the game Hues ...

I spent the best part of today demonstrating spinning with a spinning wheel at Fine Line for the Fox Valley Arts Ramble. I love demonstrating fiber related things, and since we were inside in the air conditioning it was doubly nice. I am peopled out at the moment, though. 
Surprisingly, not one person (usually a man), watched me spin and then announced, "I bet I could au...

It's been a while since I've done one of these.Chicken Curry had her last dose of medicine tonight, but her back is still healing so the wounds need to still be flushed a couple times a day. The ducklings have grown so much that they are now out of their brooder (which means I have a new stock tank for the horses) and are free to roam their living quarters which is formally...