when east meets south
He’s a graduate. And this milestone marks so much more than his completion of high school. He’s my first child that I really, truly (and only out of absolute necessity) homeschooled. And I use the term “homeschool” pretty liberally because, for at least the first few years, we made some big mistakes. Both of us. But we persevered. And we… Read More
Look what we found today at the feed store. Or it might be more accurate to say, look who we found. Honestly, we had absolutely no intention of buying anything that was breathing on our trip to the feed store. And we really don’t need any more chickens. But they were day old chicks – pullets (future hens), even. And… Read More
Towards the end of last summer, we took our then six-week-old chicks out on their first field trip. It wasn’t very far which, for first-time chicken owners, was just right. From the coop, down the hill and across the drive… right into the garden. And they loved it. So, when Juniper’s tiny brood turned six weeks, (or, er, seven weeks)… Read More
It’s been a big week around here. A *really* big week. Big enough to justify taking an entire weekday afternoon off just to celebrate. Specifically two of our kiddos – and the miracle of God weaving them into our family through adoption. So, at the request of one of the two being celebrated, we closed the schoolbooks early, packed the… Read More
Last year on my birthday I got a hen house. And, subsequently, 15 chicks to eventually fill that hen house. Now we have 14 adult hens, happily living and laying eggs on the edge of our 13 acres. Since those chicks arrived to us at just 48 hours old, we did all the mama-ing… heat lamp, brooder box and basically… Read More
She did it, y’all. And I could not be prouder. I mean, I know that eggs hatch thousands of times around the world every single day… but to see it happen, first hand? God’s sovereignty over creation has just left me astounded. It all happened right on schedule, with us able to catch the faintest of peeps, ears pressed to… Read More
Spring ushers in a flurry of birthdays in our family. Three in the span of 19 days. First Magnolia. Then Tallula. And then, Clementine. If you’ve been around here for long you know… birthdays are Clementine’s favorite. Whether it’s her birthday – or someone else’s – it doesn’t really matter… the girl loves to birthday-party. Of course, when she’s the… Read More
At last, spring has arrived. It’s been a crazy winter-into-spring transition, with afternoons in February warm enough to cause leaves to pop, and yet enough freezing-at-night temperatures to keep us waiting to transplant our seedlings into the garden until yesterday. The kids have already gone through several boxes of bandaids and a tube of Neosporin with all the bicycling they’ve… Read More
The very first celebration we had in this house was for this girl. She was turning three. Now she’s eight. In anticipation of her big day, she’d carefully crafted a birthday list: 1. Tamogachi 2. pink sandals 3. kinetic sand 4. Wonder 5. a backpack 6. watercolors And the menu: Mom’s chicken chili homemade bread Coca-Cola (on repeat) And for… Read More
I don’t blog much about everyday stuff since Instagram came into my life. Honestly, it’s just so much easier to leave the big camera in the kitchen closet and pull out my iPhone to capture the day to day happenings. But sometimes an ordinary moment deserves a little extra attention. On an ordinary day after an ordinary bath, perched atop… Read More