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  • October 20, 2023

    Trading in the Old Phone

    Trading in the Old Phone

    I said thank you so much to my old phone and traded her in without a qualm. When I was working at the mill I had a bit more money. And I bought a decent phone. Mainly for the ability to take a decent image with my phone. Then a few weeks ago I came…

  • October 19, 2023

    Green Waters

    Green Waters

    I got some pond weed and put it in one of the white chickens water bowls to see if they might eat the weed as extra nutrition. Every experiment needs a control. And the chickens preferred the control. The green water was roundly rejected. the clean water was drunk up. The white chickens preferred the…

  • October 18, 2023

    The Best Present Ever

    The Best Present Ever

    I have given up on trying to buy presents for the farm-hand husband. Nothing is ever right. Year after year my presents lie unused on the table, sometimes for months until I put them away myself. Total waste of money and effort. For a few years I gave him cash which he quite liked. Last…

  • October 17, 2023

    What a Difference a Day Makes!

    What a Difference a Day Makes!

    Things have a habit of working out right? Well, not always. But yesterday they did. Yesterday I felt that my MiL turned a corner in her recovery and the Physical Therapist was happy to graduate her to a cane to walk with, (leaving the walker behind) after she passed a series of tests. In a…

  • October 16, 2023

    The Middle of the Night

    The Middle of the Night

    I have never been one to use an excited up-beat bloggers voice. You know me now. If I say I love you I absolutely mean it in that moment. If I say I am grasping here – feeling like I am being left behind – you know I am going to be raw and vulnerable.…

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