This Little Place Here

Random thoughts and experiences on my little piece of earth. Kids, gardening, chickens, heating with wood, hunting, food preservation and much more!

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Saturday, October 28, 2017

One Step Forward. . .

. . . Two steps back. That is how my riding has been feeling for the past month or so. Somehow I've gotten myself into another uncoor...

Thursday, October 26, 2017

First Frost

We had our first frost of the season last night, which is very much later than usual--usual being sometime during the first week of October....

Friday, October 20, 2017

U.P. Getaway

I've been wanting to take a 4-day weekend for a while, and my favorite place to go when there's time is the Upper Peninsula. DH and...

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Five Years Later. . .

In the Fall of 2012, I took part in a quilt block swap at the homesteading forum I was a part of back then. Each person in the swap made a ...

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Lots of Apples

It has been a good year for fruit. We harvested about a bushel and a half of pears off of our two small(ish) pear trees--after not realizin...

Monday, October 2, 2017

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

We've all heard that patience is a virtue. Through the nearly 28 years that I've been a parent, I've often prayed for patience....

Monday, September 18, 2017

Don't Ask

I'm sure you've heard the phrase "Ask and ye shall receive." I know that I have. And, apparently I have asked, because t...

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Kris: Living life just a little bit different from most. Growing our food, cooking from scratch every day, mom of four, grandmother of ten--so far, jack-of-all-trades (and master of a few!)

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