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August 1, 2017

Kombucha

Has anyone else tried making their own kombucha? If you haven’t heard of it, it is a fermented sweet tea, full of good probiotics! Healthy for you, and even though it starts with sweet tea, a lot of the sugar gets eaten up by the yeast, so not bad for you. It forms this weird, […]
July 31, 2017

Playing Catch Up

I have been missing for a couple of weeks. Work, a trip to visit my sister in the wine country, playing catch up with work, canning, soap, garden, including picking off at least 35 – 40 tomato hornworms, and a little of everything else. Sometimes everything becomes a distraction, but time to get back to […]
July 18, 2017

Wildfires, but life keeps going

If you read my previous post, you saw that we have been dealing with wildfires. Since July 3 we have had 3 wildfires, in 3 different directions around our small valley. Not the kind of excitement that we want for the 4th of July! Fire danger is extremely high this year due to the record […]
July 10, 2017

Fires, Fires, and More Fires!

Well, it looks like it is going to be one of those years. Rain, snow, flooding. Roads washed out. Mud everywhere. Ok. We are country. We can deal. Now, after a mid-June snowfall (yes really) it is HOT! Really hot! Around 100 degrees. Yes it is a dry heat. And??? 100 degrees is hot, […]
July 7, 2017

Thankful in all things

Well, it looks like we might be in the clear from those fires. That doesn’t mean that there couldn’t be more, but for now we can rest easier. Literally. When there is a wildfire, or a threat of one (from lightning or something else) no one gets any rest. You might manage to get some […]
July 6, 2017

Fires!

I haven’t had a chance to write for a couple of days. I apologize! We have had a very – interesting – July 4th holiday. Saturday Brian and I went into town to see a movie. This doesn’t happen very often, maybe once or twice a year. As we were walking out, it looked smoky […]
July 2, 2017

Keep learning and trying new things

Today is Kombucha day! I first tried Kombucha a few weeks ago. I bought a few bottles at Costco because I heard how great the health benefits are. Well, we can all use health boosts. It was pretty good. Not something that I would drink all of the time (probably shouldn’t drink too much a […]
July 2, 2017

A little too much

Some days I just don’t know when to stop. I woke up around 4 am. Starting to fall back asleep, then I got a text at 5 am. Oh joy. Gave up any hope of sleep, and went out to work in the garden installing more drip irrigation around 7:30. I have no idea when […]
July 1, 2017

Boys and their toys

Don’t you just love them? Brian has been (drooling) wanting a ceramic grill (like the Big Green Egg) for many years, but I just couldn’t justify the price tag. So last week when I found a different version (The Pit Boss) for a LOT less, I decided to get him one for his birthday. It […]
June 29, 2017

Turn on a dime

You have heard that old saying, turn on a dime? Well today was like that, but who is kidding who? Most days are like that! Brian and Shana were both gone today, so it was just me, the puppy dogs, the not-so-feral cat, and the chickens. Easy, huh? Well not so much. Start out by […]