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     A few of my hens have gotten broody.  The Lord gave them that tendency so that they’d keep their eggs warm until hatching.  However, we do not keep a rooster.  We’ve had the odd rooster come to our home in batches of chicks, but they’ve all had rather short life spans.  Consequently, our chickens’…

          I know that I’m not the only one who said, “I smell smoke.” in the central valley of California today.  A very strong, dry north wind blew from early morning until sunset.  We have had a very dry late winter and spring and wind-driven fires abounded.  The closest fire was many miles…

     Things are just humming right along here.  Humming.  That’s not too noisy, is it?  I hope not, because we were quiet this evening. God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household!Proverbs 31:27 

     I finished reading Rod Dreher’s book, Crunchy Cons, the other evening.  The subtitle of this book is quite long, but quite catchy, and the subtitle is what prompted me to put this book on my wish list several years ago.  The subtitle:  How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas,…

     Oh, my, my, my, my…….where has the time gone?  It is June 4 already!  Our days have been full, blessedly so; but we have had our share of troubles, too.  The Lord has something to teach me through the trials so I accept them as they come.  Sometimes I accept them with a cheerful…

     I had really good intentions for posting one more time in May, but it’s not going to happen.  We were blessed to have two families from church over for dinner on Friday evening, and enjoyed wonderful fellowship with them until late in the evening.  My grandbabies came Friday evening, too, and have been with…

     Pardon the bad play on words, but I have been berry busy!  A lot of time was spent outdoors today, running hoses and changing irrigation lines.  The pasture where we run our small flock of sheep is not going to last them the summer.  I walked the line of flood irrigation (which we no…

     The weather here today was glorious, almost perfect.  As the early afternoon sun rose high in the sky it began to get almost too warm; but no sooner than that thought crossed my mind, some clouds rolled in and the breeze, cool and fresh from the delta, cooled things down again.  Now, at nearly…

Chasing a gopher in the garden (this little dude is super sly) Picking sugar snap peas Trapping ear wigs in the garden Picking black berries from our own berry vines Making blackberry jam Planning a fresh berry pie for tonight with loads of freshly whipped, sweetened cream on top Pulling weeds in the garden Touring the orchards and vineyard…