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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Thursday, March 29, 2018

It Began With Twenty Pounds of Alfredo Noodles

Twenty pounds. Twenty freaking pounds! Of 1.5" long noodles. In plastic bags that had been closed with those sticky tie things and a...

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Maple Candy

This year's syrup harvest is going well. In just a week of boiling, I netted a little over a gallon of finished syrup. (Which means I ...

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Shut Up And Ride!

That's pretty much what my trainer told me in this week's lesson. The California Horse was a bit off, due to having a case of scrat...

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Kinda Like Superman

Or, rather, kinda like Clark Kent. When I get to the dressage barn on weekday mornings, I am dressed in my breeches, planning to ride. I ...

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Ready For Some Pancakes

That's what Toad says. I took that sap from those maple trees out in the woods, and I cooked it and cooked it and cooked it until it tu...

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Chainsaws and Sap-cicles

What guys do while their females are at a "Girl Party" aka bridal shower? DH, DS1, DS2 and Toad hung out here during DD1's b...

Monday, March 12, 2018

Shower Her With Love

Sunday was the little Big Day. As in, not THE Big Day, Wedding Day, but the smaller Big Day, Bridal Shower Day, for DD1. The turn...

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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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