Just curious– Do you travel with your pets, kennel them, or get someone to come to your home to sit for them? My crew gets house/pet sitters.
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We’ve lived on our sweet little country road for more than two decades—which is more than twice as long as I’ve lived anywhere else. People who live on this road tend not to move once they get here. And their animals tend to live to ripe old ages. And the wild animals, because they’re left in peace, also live long and have become part of the finely knit fabric of this little community. I often joke that it must be … Read More
Tradition–the glue that binds individuals, families, cultures…
When I think about our family traditions, we have two kinds. The traditional traditions that most Americans fall back on, and many that have grown organically over the years that are unique to us.
I have to say, I enjoy the organic ones the most. Cait has been the instigator of many of my personally favorite traditions like “Best Part, Worst Part, Don’t Tell,” “Bedtime Tickle Fights,” and “… Read More
Excuse my dirty hand. Just came in from weeding in the garden when I noticed the dark speck on my nail.
When I went to flick it off, it didn’t budge.
Then I tried to pick it off and realized…
that it was a lovely deer tick in the nymph stage— a stage with about 20% likelihood for it to be a carrier of Lyme Disease.
Luckily I spotted it before it had a chance to … Read More
Andrew recently got a taste of how pretty much every day of my life has gone for the last two months. We’re in the midst of some necessary house renovations, which means that workmen are traipsing in and out all day long. Which essentially means countless opportunities for doggie decampment.
Without Kiera to help me keep Graidy and Wink in line, I’ve had my hands full with my two escape artists. It’s pretty much a full-time job.
So when I … Read More
I’ve spent most of the morning pinching scapes off my garlic plants. And in case you didn’t know it, scapes are quite a delicacy — right up there with fiddlehead ferns in my book!
Both have a short window for when they’re available though. While I’m lucky enough to grab them fresh, straight from the garden, chances are that you can find them at your local farmers market right about NOW! If you do find some, here are two of … Read More
I’ve always been mesmerized by light. Light-play over the ocean. Light through clouds. Light through trees. Light streaming in the window. Light after a storm… There’s just something about it that’s essentially uplifting and cleansing for me.
One of the first things I remember when I first saw Graidy in Rescue was how the light shimmered off his coat. Still does to this day. Still puts a big smile on my face.… Read More
My plumbs are growing nicely. But…
This wasp nest presents a dilemma…
With the general lack of bees, I’m always trying to support whatever bee/wasp colonies I can. While wasps aren’t the handy dandy pollinators that bees are, they do some pollinating. AND they eat lots of other pesky insects.
So, even though they are more aggressive in general than bees, I usually take a “live and let live policy.” BUT– the problem is that they also feed on fruit.… Read More
