when east meets south
We cooked. We ate. And, after sleeping off the turkey-induced coma, we romped around the back leaf-strewn acreage. With a quick stop for some chicken-snuggles. (No, we do not eat our chickens. Even the crowing ones.) Indescribably thankful for this season, this family, and this sweet life. The Lord has been so good to me.
Halloween 2018 was one for the books. The last few years have found us keeping our kiddos close, due mostly to Clementine’s initial surprise diagnosis and resulting surgery, as well as Magnolia’s heart surgery and artificial valve placement (putting them both in the “fragile” category for a season). But last year, on our way home from our typical Halloween-ing at… Read More
Poppy. What a joy she is in the everyday. And celebrating her makes us all smile. She is loving and kind. She is funny and always able to laugh at herself. I might be biased, but I certainly can’t take any credit for how amazing she is. She’s pretty darn wonderful. And her siblings think so too. She’s also surprisingly… Read More
Some days bring the most wonderful surprises. August 17th was one of those days. Out of the blue I got a text about a Boston terrier. And not just any Boston terrier, y’all. It was Cyrus’ littermate. He had successfully completed his show career and the breeder wanted to gift him with retirement into a pet family that would love… Read More
Sophie has wanted a pet for years. Years, y’all. But this girl is a planner. A thinker. And she wasn’t going to just jump head-first into pet ownership like a crazy person. She needed time to research. Gather information and experiences of others to best determine which little critter would be the perfect little love for her. First she thought… Read More
Yep. If you’re keeping count, this is our third batch of chicks since spring. Some call it chicken math. I’m not sure what to call it other than a ridiculous amount of fluffy cuteness. The first two chicks we bought in March – as hatching eggs – that were shipped to us and eventually hatched out and raised by our… 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
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