So yesterday: I’m just sitting at the table eating lunch and minding my own business when I notice all three cats staring intently out the back door. I thought maybe the deer had reappeared in our yard, so I look outside to see… Yeah, that’s not a deer. Apparently Monday night’s storms had damaged part …
In looking back over my photos from the last week, I noticed that the overarching themes of our summer break here so far are clearly: Food, animals, and video games (oh my!). I guess we could do worse, right? Let’s start with the critters… So the other day the chickens were yelling their fool heads off …
I mentioned the other day that MashupDad had picked up a couple of new baby chicks on a trip to Big R this weekend. In his words: “Since we already had a lot of stuff, growing the flock is a lot cheep-er than starting from scratch.” This brings us to six total, as we were …
Took a trip down to Big R in Homer Glen with MashupDad today — it’s a great place to pick up feed for your backyard chickens, among other things! A couple of you had asked about how we care for the girls in the winter months, and here’s MashupDad showing off the newer cleaner model of …