My chicken has an ear infection. MY CHICKEN HAS AN EAR INFECTION! People, you read that right. Twice. Why twice, well, because she has two ears. Can you believe it? Thankfully, it’s only one chicken, but it’s so gross that one is enough. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year! It’s that time of Read More
Year: 2016
The Changing of the Guard
I am terrified of my pressure canner. No, not MY pressure canner pre se, just pressure canning in general. It certainly doesn’t keep me up at night, but I admit to finding enough alternatives to pressure canning that I have pressure canned NOTHING after 4 years of ownership. But, you know what? The door wreath is up, the Read More
It’s Football Time in Tennessee!
Wish that I was on ol’ Rocky Top Down in the Tennessee hills Ain’t no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top Ain’t no telephone bills Once I had a girl on Rocky Top Half bear, other half cat Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop I still dream about that The kids are back Read More
It’s getting hot in here…
It is July. The skies are a beautiful blue (when it’s not storming like a really angry superhero) and the mountains are clear. It is also hot. I love hot. My dogs do not love hot. Why do I love hot? I love hot because it is not cold. Not rocket science, people. I am Read More
Summer, Summer, Summertime!
I know, it is not technically summer yet. That doesn’t happen until June 20th for the Northern Hemisphere when the sun is the farthest north and is called the Summer Solstice. The declination of the Sun on the Summer Solstice is known as the tropic of cancer (23° 27′). There is your little factoid for the Read More
It’s the Bees’ Knees!
Of course bees have knees! Any idea what this phrase means? You probably never wondered, did you? I did, well, because I love bees and all. According to the interwebs, the phrase “bee’s knees” means sweet and good, because the knees of the bee are where all the sweet, good stuff is collected. As in, Read More
Back to Square One
If the seasons are cyclical and we all know they are, where exactly does the square come in, much less the first one? Aren’t cycles by definition round? It seems that going back to square one gets a bad rap a lot of the time. For instance, you always go back to square one, right? Read More
Deja Vu all over again
Hey everyone! It has been a crazy winter here and thankfully, according to the rodent, we are in for Spring sooner rather than later! Hurray! As I write this, I am looking outside to more of the white stuff along with freezing rain. As you know, I was over the cold weather weeks ago when Read More
That time in between
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a safe and fun time ringing in 2016. As I look back on the year, the one thing that comes to my mind is “where did all the time go?”. The days went by so fast that I can’t believe we are already in 2016. Not only Read More