A little over three years ago, I stumbled onto Chickens in the Road, written by Suzanne McMinn, former romance writer turned farmer. I was looking for a homemade bread recipe, which I have now perfected into what Mom used to make. In 2010, I made trip to the Party on the Farm 2010 (hosted on [...]

Colten (2 1/2) and Trinity (3 months) came to visit me the other day. While watching Woody Woodpecker (I found it on Hulu!) and snuggling up on the couch, we had a little photo shoot. This is my absolute favorite picture of Colten. He’s such a grown up little man. You see, he’s a mechanic. [...]

Christmas Is A Holiday For Friends Christmas is a holiday for friends, However they may be, or not, related. Remember that the three wise kings were strangers In search of one remote, uncanny dream. So may we all be far more than we seem, Together bound for dark and haunting changes, More lovely for the [...]

Over the past three years, Chickens in the Road has become an addiction. I check-in first thing in the morning…most of the time while the coffee is perking and I am waiting. And throughout the day. Suzanne always has something new she’s doing and the forum members are just enablers–they’ll cheer you on, help if [...]

Part II Salmon Fishing was much more successful than Part I this year. More family, more pictures, more fish. Anything more than 0 is more fish! My sister-in-law, Elaine, brought her fishing gear and took a stab at catching some salmon this year. And my niece, Sam, decided to get out into nature and catch [...]

This past weekend was the first of our Annual Family Salmon Fishing outings. I was hoping for this post to contain a new salmon recipe, but alas…no. Weekend 1–Salmon – 1, Family – 0. Tennis shoes are not the proper footwear to start out early in the morning, traipsing through a field. This fog coming [...]

The waters are receding and I may have to leave Suzanne today! I was actually able to drive my little car down the hill…er, driveway…this morning. AND back up. That’s was a good thing. These pictures were at 8:30, so maybe around noon, the waters will be down so I can cross. I UNDERSTAND now [...]

The Retreat is done. The Party is over. (More on that later!) I was on vacation yesterday. In West Virginia. And it was raining in West Virginia. Raining and raining and raining. Crazy was even smart enough to keep her head out of the rain. BP was enjoying the stroll through the nice green yard. [...]

After making pans and pans and pans of lasagna for the Party, Suzanne and I had a little bit of play time last night. She had soap paste in the fridge! (How exciting, right?!) I’ve never kept any paste to experiment with later, it was all new to me. And it’s the easiest way to [...]

Last year, I milked BP like this. This year, Suzanne has modernized her farm–this is how she gets the milk into the milk pail now.