Letting Lyra Loose!

With my camera, that is! I let her take my little CoolPix down the hill (I was watching from the tent!) to see what she would come up with. (She also, I see, let 3YO Luna take a few!) Pretty darned amazing for an 8-year-old; I am impressed! (Note that these have been optimized to …
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VIDEO: Vlog #2149 – April 25, 2023: CHANGES and FANTASTIC DAY!

This was a great day! I spent most of the day out in the Tent Shed doing laundry in my little portable washer (that makes laundry fun!). Our helpers, meanwhile, were here working and our landlord (we lease this huge lot) came to pick up the yard waste that our helpers had cleaned up last …
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GUEST POST from Don: A Life More Beautiful

A LIFE MORE BEAUTIFUL [Presenting the following in thankfulness to my benefactor, owly.net, who has granted great latitude for over a year.  I hope you will enjoy this piece.] There is a wrong-headed saying that goes:  “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.”  It is as wrong as it is perverse.  It is hurtful to those who have gone …
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Today’s Wildlife – April 21, 2023

I took a TON of pictures out the windows today as the turkeys and squirrels and various other birds were living their best lives in our yard, then a few chickens wandered over and joined in the fun. I just went from window to window taking pictures, then put them together in this slideshow to …
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Vlog #2144 – Our First Snowstorm of the Week!

The last couple days of February we, apparently, were under a winter storm warning. But we didn’t know that, we were expecting a couple of inches of snow and that was it. So we found ourselves a dozen miles from home, having lunch at our favorite restaurant, when it hit. This video shares the wonders …
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Beauty Break – Feb. 9, 2023 Edition

No thoughts today…been sleeping on and off as I’m getting over this cold. Though laughter is said to be the best medicine, sometimes beauty is a close second, in my opinion. So it was a joy to gather these examples to share with you today. Click on the first photo, and the lightbox will open …
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