Prairie Garden

This morning Squeeze went outside to organize the remnants of our woodpile before "brunch" (our extremely late Saturday morning...

On Christmas Day, Jamie was in the sunroom looking at a book.  Squeeze playfully tossed a shirt onto his back, which greatly offended him.  ...

 The fruit of my labor: September 2012  All the pretty colors: BBQ sauce, lemon curd, tomato puree  Close-up of Squeeze...

I've been meaning to post for weeks, but it is just too hard.  Too much to update on.  In general: I was recently gone for an extended...

I have officially arrived into the Christmas season with Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens.  This version of  The Friendly Beasts  ha...

I really enjoy the poetry of Bill Holm .  When we first moved to the rolling prairies, I discovered his books of poetry and essays at an ar...

Today is beautiful, sunny and in the upper-50's F, so I gave the older boys a choice for quiet-time while "the baby" napped.  ...

A list-post is the only thing that will do. I haven't left the house more than a handful of times for the last month and a half.  I am...

If this series isn't positive proof that we need Squeeze HERE while taking pictures, I don't know what is.  I couldn't get them...

A post two days in a row??  I  know.  I'm amazing. I've been sick for the past week with a sore throat, a cough, and congestion th...

This morning it took me over two hours to assemble a Vegetable Beef soup, something that should take a half-hour.  All I had to do was brown...

The rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. ~ Robert Louis Ste...

We went to "Pumpkin Fest" at Squeeze's parents' church on Saturday. They had a pumpkin patch, straw-bale ma...

Last weekend was a bit more tame.  I took time to go on a walk with my family, sit in the sun, and relax a bit.  It has been over a month of...

Mullets are hip again, right? "Bop!" = Stop! "Maynoes" = Tomatoes "Sooz" = Shoes "Papo" = P...

10 lbs dried green beans (now fits in 1 quart jar) 11 pints pickled sweet peppers 10-ish lbs dried green peppers (both pepper jobs were a...

Diego - 7 years old Truen - 4 (5 next month) Jamie - 20 months 

Romanced by tomatoes Squeeze took Friday off, so I had a full three days to focus on food preservation. This list blows my mind: 7...

East Garden: Early June The straw is laid down and all supports are in. Onions are growing in the foreground. Lettuce is the bright...