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This morning, the dog and cat were sniffing and pawing at the fireplace. I assumed there was a mouse in the kindling bucket, so I set it outside. Five minutes later, I hear them going at it again. I peeked into the wood stove to find a a little brown house wren looking back at [...]
Cougar. Mountain Lion. Panther. Puma. Catamount. Puma concolor. Big, super cool, wild cat. On our trail camera! We took a walk to check the game cameras today after leaving them for a couple weeks. When we saw these photos, we were ecstatic. There may have even been some squealing involved, I admit. We’d known that [...]
We’ve been weighing the pros and cons of our cat Gordon being an indoor or outdoor cat. Here’s what we’ve considered. Free Range Gordon: Keeping an animal confined seems kind of cruel We go through less cat litter when he has access to the outdoors (although, he still uses the litter box regardless) He [...]
One of the pleasures of our new lives is seeing and experiencing nature up close on a daily basis. Just this morning, while letting the dog out, I noticed this incredible looking moth. I should have gotten a pic with something else in frame for a size reference. (Like perhaps a VW micro-bus… this thing [...]
I think any company that uses a hybridized fictional character like the Cheggen is a winner in our book. I thought some of this was pretty interesting. Here’s the informational email I got as a follow up to my purchase on MyPetChicken.com ********************************** Hi Scott, Thanks for your purchase of baby chicks with My Pet Chicken! Your chicks will [...]
We’ve pulled the trigger! We went with friendly heritage breeds that are both attractive and good egg layers for our first go-around. We ordered two each of the following varieties: Buff Orpington, Partridge Plymouth Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Black Silkie Bantam, Buff Brahma Bantam. These 10 chicks will be shipped our direction from MyPetChicken.com on August 1st. This [...]
My necklaces have been in a jewelry box…in one huge knot. I got wild hair this weekend and decided to untangle them all. Two hours later, my jewelry consisted of several independent individuals instead of one angry ball. It seemed silly to put them back in their little box, only to become re-tangled…and ultimately, never [...]
Now that we’ve gotten through construction and retrieved all our things from storage, I’ve had a chance to dust off the beer making equipment. My buddy, and local Spokane photographer, Erick Doxey and I met up on May 15 to get a batch started. Al helped me bottle it this past Sunday. Seems brewing beer is [...]
